1. CASM-China Progress Report-2006/07
Lei Shen
Chair of CASM China
Professor at Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Secretary General in China Society of Natural Resources (CSNR)
September 8th -12th 2007
Ulaanbaatar,Mongolia

2. Outline How Can CASM-China Support Sustainable ASM?
What Are Major Features of ASM in China?
What has CASM-China Done Since 2006acc?
What Does CASM-China Plan to Do in Near Future?

3. How CASM-China Can Support Sustainable ASM?
Improve the development of ASM in China by ways of two directions
Top-Down approach:
Drafting legal articles into the second revision of mineral resources law of the people’s Republic of China;
Carrying out national policy study on the orderly and healthy development of ASM in the second mineral planning of China in the 11th-five-year ( ) period for MLR;
Joining forum of strategic decisions on resource consolidation campaign by central government.

4. How CASM-China Can Support Sustainable ASM?
Bottom-Up approach:
Actively propagandizing the importance and ways in protecting the environment while mining and concentrating;
Frequently advised and taught the mine-owners why and how to use environmental friendly methods in their practical business;
Sharing international and domestic experiences and knowledge in the field of ASM;
Expanding the network of CASM-China.

5. How CASM-China Can Support Sustainable ASM?
Providing some useful support to ASM workers and local communities
Advising and teaching mine-owners why and how to use environmentally friendly methods in their practical business;
Actively involving the importance and ways to diversify local economy in mining dependant areas;
Encouraged ASM owners to carry out integrated community development, creating some kinds of comprehensive agriculture development park or area, developing other industries and increasing peasant employments;
Provide technological support and consultation for ASM.

6. What Are Major Features of ASM China?
Large amount of ASM, though sharp reducing over recent years
Year
Large-scale Mining Enterprises(LMEs)
Middle-scale Mining Enterprises(MMEs)
Small-scale and Artisanal Mining Enterprises(SAMEs)
Total
Ratio of shares of large-, Middle- and Small-scale Mining Enterprises
1999
503
1836
163110
165449
0.30：1.11：98.59
2000
513
1424
151126
153063
0.34：0.93：98.73
2001
500
1254
151969
153723
0.32：0.82：98.86
2002
489
1025
147042
148556
0.33：0.69：98.98
2003
527
1354
143525
145406
0.36：0.93：98.71
2004
4147
4636
116199
124982
0.32：3.7：92.7
2005
3331
4341
119024
126696
2.6：3.4：93.9
Change of numbers from 1999 to 2005
2775
2503
-78379
-38754
Change rate from 1999 to 2005
551.68%
136.33%
-48.05%
-23.42%

7. Broad dispersedness of ASM around China with a clear S-shape allocation

8. Dominated by chemical and energy mineral ASM （﹥86%)with a diversity of other sectors

9. The number of ASM in China has been sharply reducing over last 8 years as a result of closure and resource consolidation policies started in and respectively.

10. More than 80% of ASM are privately or collectively owned
More than 80% of ASM are privately or collectively owned. Other types include state-owned, share-limited, share-cooperative, joint operation and FDI and so on.

11. ASM made great contributions to national socio-economy of China, 2005
Number of Mine enterprises
Employment
(persons)
Annual output
(10,000tons)
Gross Industrial Production Value
(RMB10,000)
Sale Revenue of Mineral Products
Production Value of Comprehensive Utilization
Total Profits
Total
126,696
7,691,566
524,896
56,077,933
3,523,225
48,628,098
7,200,042
LMEs
3,331
1,448,242
178,490
22,484,824
1,282,610
18,924,580
3,031,398
MMEs
4,341
1,206,428
69,955
10,888,259
373,926
9,641,358
1,552,327
SMEs
55,091
2,998,200
196,368
16,645,696
1,471,530
15,185,049
2,120,146
AMEs
63,933
2,038,696
80,082
6,059,154
395,159
4,877,111
586,172
ASMEs
119,024
5,036,896
276,450
22,704,850
1,866,689
20,062,160
270,6318
Percentage of ASMEs in total(%)
94%
65%
53%
41%
37%

12. What has CASM-China Done Since 2006acc?
The focus of CASM China in 2006/7 turned to strategic and macro-levels of policy consultancies instead of case studies and local learning events
Completed a national policy study report in particular regard to ASM for the Ministry of Land and Resource (MLR)
Organized a policy forum on the resource consolidation campaign initiated by the central government since the late 2004
Continue to push forward the ASM legislation

13. What has CASM-China Done Since 2006acc?
Share some knowledge of CASM with CASM-China
Translated the CASM brochure into Chinese
Introduced international experiences of CASM into China
Organized Chinese delegation for the 2007 ACC
Shared major events in the website of CASM China
Joined the CASM logo competition

14. Differences?

15. Compare which is the best?

18. What Does CASM-China Plan to Do in the Near Future?
Seeking for potential partners with CASM-China
International organizations with branches based in China
International mining companies interested in China ASM
Analysis report on foreign investment to ASM in China
Publishing a book about ASM in the world and China, focusing on its legal position, policy differences and similarities and appending a series of Chinese case studies

19. International community: Domestic Community: CASM China
Governments:
Priority ASM policies, simplified legalization, institutional reforms
International community:
Legal and institutional policies
Investment policies
Domestic Community:
Share good experiences
Seek partnerships
CASM China
ASM: Investments, resources,
technology & training, safety & environment

20. Thank you for your attention！