Recently, a delegation led by senior officials from the Shenyang Center of China Geological Survey visited the Inner Mongolia Department of Natural Resources for a strategic consultation, jointly planning geological survey and energy security strategies for the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The two sides reached a strategic consensus focused on supporting national energy and resource security by adopting the core approach of “central-local coordination, targeted efforts, and innovative mechanisms,” aiming to support Inner Mongolia in becoming a key national energy and resource base.

Three Core Tasks Were Agreed Upon:

1. Dual-Track Geological Survey Promotion:

• The central government will lead the 1:50,000 regional geological survey in eastern Inner Mongolia, while the region will complement this with mineral resource surveys.

• The two parties will jointly tackle deep-resource prospecting technologies, with particular focus on overcoming cognitive bottlenecks in the mineralization zones of the Greater Khingan Range.

• Market-oriented bidding will be used to advance oil and gas exploration in southeastern Inner Mongolia, including seismic reinterpretation and parameter well drilling in target areas like the Chifeng Basin, to establish a phased "selection-breakthrough-development" mechanism.

2. Joint Planning and Fiscal Innovation:

• They will co-develop survey plans and explore mechanisms such as direct fiscal transfers from central to local governments.

• A "dual team-leader" coordination system and annual evaluation mechanism will be established to ensure smooth exchange of technologies, data, and talent.

3. Three-Dimensional Strategic Deployment:

• Coordinated efforts will be made on 1:50,000 mineral surveys.

• In structural depressions like Yuanbaoshan and Jiergalang, they will conduct seismic reinterpretation and parameter well drilling, aiming for new breakthroughs in oil and gas resource discovery.

• Additional funding will be channeled northward to support international cooperation in geological surveys along key metallogenic belts shared by China, Mongolia, and Russia, expanding overseas geological initiatives.

Both parties agreed that this collaboration marks a critical step toward strengthening regional exploration, enhancing reserve expansion and output growth. Inner Mongolia’s Department of Natural Resources will leverage the technical expertise of the Shenyang Center to jointly improve resource exploration efficiency and asset value, consolidating the foundation of national energy security.