The first mining rights "dual certificate" in Harbin has been implemented

This text is sourced from: Harbin Daily

Harbin’s First Mining Right “Dual Certificates” Are Put in Place

Mining rights “separation of certificates” reform is formally implemented

In today’s news (Reporter: Jie Yongzhi) — Recently, the Harbin Municipal Bureau of Natural Resources and Planning issued Harbin Steel Feishui Cement Co., Ltd. (No. 1 marble-aggregate limestone mine) with the city’s first mining-right real estate ownership certificate and a mining permit. This marks the official implementation in Harbin of the “separation of certificates” system for mining rights, completely putting an end to the history of a mining permit serving both rights in one document, and injecting fresh momentum into the high-quality development of Harbin’s mining-rights market.

The “separation of certificates” reform for mining rights is a major institutional reform in the field of mineral resources management. Its core is to separate the property-right attributes of mining rights from the administrative-licensing attributes involved in exploration and mining, thereby clearly defining the boundary between administrative supervision and civil property rights. Under the previously implemented “one certificate carries two rights” model, the mining permit simultaneously fulfills dual functions as both the property-right instrument and the administrative license. This can easily lead to confusion about the nature of the rights, which is not conducive to protecting the lawful property interests of mining-right holders and also constrains the standardized development of the mining-rights market. This reform, by contrast, resolves the issue at the institutional level—putting civil rights and administrative supervision where they each belong.

As a concrete practice of Harbin’s efforts to deepen reforms in mineral resources management, the issuance of the first mining-right “dual certificates” not only strengthens the property-right attributes of the mining right, but also weakens administrative licensing’s constraints on the transfer of mining rights. This change can both provide mining-right holders with stronger protection of their property interests, boosting market investment confidence, and further improve the efficiency of mineral resource development and utilization. It can also fully play the decisive role of the market in the allocation of mineral resources, promote the orderly flow of factors in the mining-rights market, and drive sound market development.