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Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) (自然资源部)
Practical Law UK Glossary w-015-2142 (Approx. 2 pages)
Glossary
Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) (自然资源部)
A central government ministry sitting under the State Council.
The MNR's major functions include:
- Supervising the development, utilisation, and protection of China's natural resources.
- Establishing and implementing a spatial planning system.
- Unifying investigations and rights registration.
- Establishing a system for the paid use of natural resources.
- Managing surveying, mapping and geological exploration industries.
(See MNR website.)
The MNR was established in April 2018 by consolidating the functions of national natural resources administration previously split among several agencies (see Practice note, Understanding the 2018 government institutional reform: China: Ministry of Natural Resources).