The "General Plan for Mineral Resources in Yunnan Province (2008-2015)" was officially announced in the near future. "Planning" clearly stated that the province will further increase the opening pace of the mineral industry and promote the development of Yunnan's export-oriented mining industry.

“Planning” proposes that the Yunnan mining industry should base itself on this province, expand opening up, implement the “please come in, go out” strategy, greatly improve the investment environment, and attract domestic and foreign enterprises to invest in exploration and development of mineral resources in Yunnan; meanwhile, actively promote the development of Yunnan and surrounding areas. The exploration and development of mineral resources in the country and other regions of the world has established a comprehensive resource supply system.

“With the gradual improvement of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and the continuous deepening of the economic cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion, the international cooperation in the mining industry in Yunnan has become increasingly active.” According to Zou Zhong, Director of the Mine Management Department of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Land and Resources, The mining industry in Yunnan Province has accelerated its integration into internationalization. The province has set up the Kunming International Mining Trading Center. At present, many Yunnan mining companies such as Yunnan Copper, Yunnan Tin, Yunnan Metallurgy, and Kunming Iron & Steel have cooperated in mining projects through various channels such as cooperative exploration, investment and plant establishment, and technology investment in more than a dozen countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia.

It is understood that as of now, Yunnan and Canada, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, South Africa and other countries, a large number of well-known mining companies carry out risk geological exploration cooperation, signed more than 50 risk geological exploration projects in accordance with the law, delineated the exploration area of ​​over 4,000 square kilometers, Cumulative introduction of foreign mining companies risk geological exploration funds more than 100 million yuan***.

Yunnan is a large province of mineral resources and is located at the junction of the two giant metallogenic belts of Tethys Himalayas and the Pacific Rim. Twenty-two secondary metallogenic belts cover the province. The types of mineral resources are all widely distributed, with large reserves and high value. For the world mining industry. The mineral reserves that have been discovered by exploration amount to 3 trillion yuan.