Nine departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Promote the development of the gold industry and cultivate “Little Giant” enterprises.

On June 23, nine departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Implementation Plan for High-Quality Development of the Gold Industry." To promote enterprises in becoming stronger, better, and bigger, the Implementation Plan proposes three measures.

One is Support the integration of resources in key gold mining areas and guide their development. “Regional mines” will adopt a tailored approach, implementing “decentralized mining and beneficiation, centralized smelting.”

Second, we will increase the scale of mining and metallurgical operations by enterprises and encourage the construction of new independent gold ore processing plants, heap-leaching facilities, and gold concentrate smelters, each with a daily processing capacity of no less than: 500 tons, 2000 tons, 200 tons.

Third, we will foster high-quality enterprises and encourage them to leverage capital as a bond to carry out mergers and acquisitions, thereby becoming globally influential enterprise groups. We will also cultivate specialized, sophisticated, and innovative companies in niche segments of new materials such as gold and silver. "Little Giants" and Single-Item Champion Enterprises.

⬇ ️ The following is the original text of the document. ⬇ ️

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Eight Other Departments on Issuing the Implementation Plan for High-Quality Development of the Gold Industry ( Notice on the “2025–2027 Plan”

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Joint Original [ No. 86 of 2025

The departments in charge of industry and information technology, development and reform, natural resources, commerce, emergency management, state-owned assets, and market regulation in each province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government, cities under separate planning, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps; the Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs and all directly affiliated customs offices; and the provincial bureaus of the National Mine Safety Administration:

Hereby, we present the Implementation Plan for High-Quality Development of the Gold Industry ( (2025–2027) has been issued to you. Please carefully implement it in light of actual conditions.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

National Development and Reform Commission

Ministry of Natural Resources

Ministry of Commerce

Ministry of Emergency Management

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council

General Administration of Customs

State Administration for Market Regulation

National Mine Safety Administration

March 26, 2025