Study On Sustainable Development Of Geological Exploration In Henan Province

Geological exploration is the pioneer and infrastructural service industry in economical construction and social development. The geological exploration in Henan Province has already been developed for more than fifty years, and the principal parts of it are the four State-owned Geological Exploration Bureaus. Since China implemented its reform and opening up policies, the comprehensive strength of the geological exploration in Henan Province has been greatly enhanced in project construction, capacity building and team development through reform and innovation. However, the three problems which blocked the development of the geological exploration industry still exist, that is, the nature of the public institution has not changed, the pattern of the team has not changed and the supplying model which maintains the development of the team has not changed. Under the new circumstances, the magnificent strategies to construct the economic zone in the Central Plains require that the infrastructural and public-spirited geological survey should be closely combined with national economy and social development. It requires that the model of the geological survey should be converted from searching for the ore field to serving the society, for the construction of socialist new countryside and urbanization need the total support of the geological work. The rapid development of urbanization and the demand of relieving the pressure on the geological environment need further improvement of the geological work. The commercial geological work is badly in need of being strengthened and normalized because of the community's rigid demand for natural resources. Therefore, it is necessary to summarize the successful reform and developmental experience of the geological exploration industry in Henan province in recent thirty years and maintain a sustainable development of the geological exploration industry by planning it scientifically based on the Scientific Outlook on Development.Based on the Sustainable Development theory, by adopting the qualitative and quantitative research method, this paper systematically analyzes the current working situation and the development trend it faces in geological exploration in Henan province. It also analyzes the requirements of the social and economic development of Henan province for the mineral resources exploration work from six aspects, including basic geological survey work, mineral resources exploration, the urban development plan, hydrogeology work, the geological relics protection and "tourism province", as well as digital land engineering. It studies the background and the necessity of the reform of the geological exploration work in Henan province and summarizes the successful reform and developmental experience of the geological exploration industry in Henan province in recent thirty years. According to the policy of strengthening the macroscopical guidance towards the geological exploration industry and the management measures of the government and in line with the analysis of the development of the geological exploration industry in Henan province from several aspects, such as the current situation, development trend, regional distribution, industrial structure, team construction, analysis of the important enterprises, etc., the research puts forward the approaches and methods to maintain a sustainable development in geological exploration industry in Henan province and the reform scheme. It also comes up with some countermeasures and suggestions from the following aspects, including promoting diversified ownership reform, human resource strategy, cultivation of risk exploration of the capital market, actively promoting the integration of exploration development, implementing the strategy of "going out" and cultural construction.