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Guidance on promoting the healthy and orderly development of sand and gravel industry



Sand and gravel is the most basic and indispensable building material in construction. For a long time, sand and gravel has been supplied by regional markets, with the overall supply and demand in balance and prices remaining stable. After years of large-scale mining, natural sand and gravel resources are gradually decreasing, and the amount of sand coming from major rivers in China has decreased significantly in recent years. "The relationship, the number of enterprises production significantly reduced, resulting in regional supply and demand imbalance in the short term, prices rise sharply, low-quality sand and gravel into the market, increasing infrastructure investment and major projects construction costs at the same time, affecting the construction schedule and bring quality and safety hazards, urgent need to take measures to properly address. In order to stabilize the sand and gravel market supply, maintain overall price stability, and promote the healthy and orderly development of the industry, agreed by the State Council, is hereby proposed the following comments.

A, general requirements

We will firmly establish and resolutely implement the new development concept, give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, better play the role of the government, effectively implement the main responsibility of local governments, adhere to the establishment before breaking, speed up the "front door" and resolutely "block the back door" in equal emphasis, comprehensive measures, multi-measures, reasonable control of river and lake sand mining, gradually enhance the proportion of alternative sand sources such as mechanism sand and gravel, optimize the production and marketing layout, accelerate the construction of regional supply and demand balance, reasonable prices, green environmental protection, high quality and efficient sand and gravel industry system, to provide strong support for infrastructure investment and the smooth operation of the economy.

Promote the high-quality development of mechanism sand and stone industry

(1) Vigorously develop and promote the application of mechanism sand and gravel. Accelerate the implementation of the "Several Opinions on Promoting the High Quality Development of Mechanism Sand and Stone Industry" (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Liangyuan [2019] No. 239), taking into account the overall development trend of all kinds of sand and stone resources, and gradually transition to rely on mechanism sand and stone to meet the construction needs of the main, in the planning layout, technology and equipment, product quality, pollution prevention, comprehensive utilization, safe production and other aspects of linkage, accelerate the promotion of mechanism sand and stone industry Transformation and Upgrading. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Emergency Situations, General Administration of Market Supervision, China State Railway Group Limited) Strengthen upstream and downstream links, accelerate the establishment and gradual improvement of the standard and normative system of mechanism sand and gravel products and applications, and continuously increase the proportion of high-quality and special products used. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources, General Administration of Market Supervision, China State Railways Group Corporation Limited)

(2) Optimize the development layout of mechanism sand and gravel. Coordinate resource endowment, economic transportation radius, regional supply and demand balance and other factors, actively and orderly put sand and gravel mining rights, and support the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas, Yangtze River Delta and other key areas to put large sand and gravel mining rights. While guiding small and medium-sized sand and gravel enterprises to produce compliantly, we will realize intensive and large-scale exploitation of sand and gravel mine resources through market-oriented methods and build green mines. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Natural Resources, Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources, China National Railway Group Corporation) Strengthen the connection between resource-rich areas and areas with high demand, lay out a number of large-scale 10-million-tonne sand and gravel production bases along major transport corridors, and strengthen supply security for key areas. Guide joint reorganization, promote industrial clustering, build production bases and processing distribution centers, improve loading and unloading methods, reduce reverse loading, and effectively change the "small, scattered, chaotic" situation. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Transport, China National Railway Group Corporation)

(3) Accelerate the formation of a mechanism of sand and gravel quality production capacity. Strengthen the land, mining, logistics and other elements of security, speed up the project procedures. Guide all kinds of funds to support the construction of backbone projects, and promote large under-construction or proposed mechanism sand and stone projects to be put into production as soon as possible to increase the supply capacity of high-quality sand and stone. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Transport, China National Railway Group Corporation) Support and guide localities to extend the registration of existing sand and gravel mining rights in accordance with the law, and promote the resumption of normal production as soon as possible. Plants and mines that have not yet met the relevant requirements are encouraged to upgrade, improve the necessary facilities and equipment, and resume production as soon as possible if they are qualified. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Emergency Situations)

(4) Reduce transportation costs. Promote the "public to railway, public to water" medium and long-distance transportation of sand and gravel, reduce the volume of road transportation, increase the volume of railroad transportation, improve the construction of inland water transport network and port distribution system, and strengthen the effective connection between different modes of transportation. To promote the construction of special railroad lines, special railroad lines should be built for sand and gravel mechanism enterprises with annual transportation capacity of 1.5 million tons or more. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Transport, China National Railway Group Corporation)

Strengthen the comprehensive improvement and utilization of river sand mining.

(5) Strengthen the comprehensive management of illegal sand mining. Strengthen the whole sand and gravel industry, the whole process of supervision, early detection of problems and hidden dangers, and improve the management system norms. Maintain a high pressure on illegal sand mining activities, such as sand mining without a license and not in accordance with the permit requirements, strengthen the link between enforcement and punishment, and intensify the crackdown. Strictly control sand mining activities in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, strictly prevent illegal sand mining in rivers, maintain the order of sand mining in the Yangtze River, and ensure the health of the Yangtze River. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Transport)

(F) Rational development and utilization of river sand and gravel resources. Strengthen industry guidance, speed up the planning and preparation of river sand mining, on the premise of ensuring flood control, ecological and navigational safety, reasonably determine the mineable area, mineable period and mineable amount, encourage and support the unified management of river sand mining, and promote intensive and large-scale mining. As soon as possible to clean up the unreasonable no-mining zone and no-mining period, adjust the unrealistic unilateral expansion of the no-mining zone, and correct the "one-size-fits-all" approach that has no legal basis to implement a long-term, year-round mining ban. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Transport)

(vii) Increase the utilization of dredged sand in river channels and watercourses. Summarize and popularize the pilot experience of comprehensive utilization of dredged sand in river channels, promote the integration of river sand mining and river channel management, establish a comprehensive utilization mechanism for dredged sand, and promote the utilization of dredged sand. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Transport)

(8) Explore and promote the exploitation and utilization of silted sand in the Three Gorges reservoir area and other reservoirs. Strengthen ecological protection constraints, strengthen top-level design, accelerate the exploration of the Three Gorges reservoir area and other comprehensive utilization of silt in the reservoir, and strive to increase resource supply. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Transport)

Step by step, the orderly promotion of sea sand mining and utilization

(ix) Rational exploitation of marine sand resources. Fully implement the joint bidding, auctioning and listing of marine sand mining rights and sea area use rights, and optimize the transfer of links and workflow. Establishing and perfecting a long-term mechanism for management of sea sand mining. (Relevant provincial people's governments, Ministry of Natural Resources)

(X) Strictly regulate the use of sea sand. Strictly implement the standards for the use of marine sand to ensure that the quality of marine sand meets the requirements for use. Strictly control the scope of use of marine sand, and strictly prohibit the use of marine sand in construction projects that violate the standards and specifications. (Relevant provincial people's governments, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources, General Administration of Market Supervision, China National Railway Group Corporation)

V. Actively promote the alternative use of sand sources

(XI) Support the comprehensive utilization of waste rock and tailings. On the premise of meeting safety, ecological and environmental protection requirements, encourage and support the comprehensive utilization of waste rock, slag, tailings and other sand and gravel resources to realize "turning waste into treasure". (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Emergency Response)

(XII) Encourage the use of solid waste resources to manufacture recycled sand and gravel. Encourage the use of construction demolition waste and other solid waste resources to produce sand and gravel replacement materials, clean up unreasonable regional restrictions to increase the supply of recycled sand and gravel. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Ecology and Environment)

(XIII) Promote the integrated utilization of sand and gravel quarried during construction. For approved construction projects and overall restoration projects implemented in accordance with the ecological restoration program in the restoration area, the sand and gravel quarried in the scope of and during the construction of the project, in addition to the project's own use, the excess is allowed to be sold to the public in accordance with the law. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources)

(XIV) Actively promote steel structure assembled buildings. Gradually increase the proportion of steel structure assembled buildings in schools, hospitals, office buildings, office buildings and other public buildings, and steadily promote the application of steel structure assembled buildings in the construction of urban residential and agricultural housing. (Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology)

Six, further consolidate local responsibilities

(O) clear responsibility for the main. Each place should implement the responsibility of territorial management, the establishment of work coordination mechanism, a clear lead responsibility unit, strengthen departmental coordination, overall do a good job in promoting production, supply, price stability, strong supervision and other work, to protect the construction and livelihood needs. (Provincial People's Governments)

(XVI) To ensure the needs of key projects. In areas where the market supply is tight and the price increases are large, it is necessary to formulate emergency supply programs, take effective measures, strengthen the coordination of cargo sources and transportation scheduling, and ensure that the construction of key projects is not affected. (Provincial People's Governments)

(xvii) Ensure the supply of sand and gravel for flood control and other emergencies. For flood control and other emergency sand and gravel, establish an emergency mining mechanism as needed, formulate emergency plans, and under the premise of strict implementation of the program requirements and exclusive use of sand, the local government to coordinate the start of emergency mining and security of supply. (Provincial People's Governments)

(18) Create a favorable environment. Promote the reform of "laissez-faire" in related fields, simplify the application documents, optimize the workflow and improve the efficiency of the office. (Provincial People's Governments) Adhere to equal treatment, actively attract social capital to enter, allow and support private enterprises to enter sand and gravel mining, river sand mining, marine sand mining and other industries on an equal footing, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of private sand and gravel production enterprises. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Water Resources)

Seven, further strengthen market supervision

(XIX) Sternly investigate and punish illegal activities. Combined with the special struggle to eradicate black and evil, according to law, investigate and punish illegal mining, illegal piracy, illegal production, environmental pollution and destruction, counterfeiting and adulteration, as well as the illegal use of marine sand in construction projects, and strictly pursue the responsibility of relevant units and individuals. Implement the "four-list" system for the management of sand mining and transportation in the Yangtze River, and investigate and deal with "three no's" sand mining vessels and vessels illegally modified, disguised and concealed with sand mining equipment according to law. (Provincial People's Governments, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources, General Administration of Market Supervision, China Coast Guard)

(XX) standardize market order. Comprehensively strengthen the sand and gravel quality sampling and supervision. (The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the General Administration of Market Supervision are jointly responsible in accordance with their respective functions) to crack down on collusion, market price manipulation, price gouging and unfair competition and other illegal activities, and regulate the market and price order. (General Administration of Market Supervision)

(XXI) Strengthen import and export management. Strictly control the export of sand and gravel, and reasonably guide market players to expand the scale of sand and gravel imports. (Ministry of Commerce)

Eight, establish a sound working mechanism

(XII) The establishment of departmental work coordination mechanism. Strengthen departmental linkage, form working together, establish sand and gravel price stabilization work coordination mechanism, strengthen work guidance, regular meetings to study related issues. (Development and Reform Commission with relevant departments)

(xxiii) Strengthen monitoring, early warning and information dissemination. Strengthen the supply and price of sand and gravel market monitoring and prediction of early warning, timely analysis and diagnosis of changes in market supply and demand, every two months, the national sand and gravel supply and demand situation. Timely release of sand and gravel market information, and actively guide market players to react early to stabilize market expectations. (Development and Reform Commission with the relevant departments) each region to further raise awareness, the effective implementation of the main responsibility, to do a good job of sand and gravel supply and price stability, to promote the healthy and orderly development of the industry on the important agenda, grasp the establishment of work mechanisms, the development of implementation plans, pay close attention to the implementation of work. Relevant functional departments to strengthen policy coordination, strengthen work guidance, and actively promote the development of high-quality industry. At present, it is necessary to do a good job in the scientific prevention and control of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic under the premise of the project with an orderly return to work to resume production progress, and effectively protect the sand and gravel market supply and price stability.

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