The 3rd anniversary of ‘Mining Workers’ Day’ held in Anhui province
Source: www.mlr.gov.cn Citation: www.chinamining.com.cn Date: Feb.18, 2014
The day 17th February witnessed the celebration of the 64 anniversary of Chairman Mao writing inscription of ‘developing mining’ as well as the third anniversary of ‘Mining Workers’ Day’. The theme of this activity was “promoting the green and harmonious of mining and constructing ecological civilization of China----focusing on studying and innovation, trying to be a mining worker of new era”.
This activity was hosted by China Mining Association and China Minmetals Corporation, co-organized by the Department of Land and Resources of Anhui Province and Anhui Mining Association and undertaken by China Minmetals Corporation. The leaders of the Ministry of Land and Resources, China Geological Survey and China Mining Association as well as the leaders of the Department of Land and Resources of Anhui Province and other relevant industries (provincial) association (Federation) attended this activity.
The former minister of Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, the secretary-general of the Eighth CPPCC National Committee and the honorary Chairman of China Mining Association ZHU Xun sent his congratulation letter to this activity, and also expressed his season’s greeting to nationwide mining workers who have made great contributions to the mining industry of China.
During the period of visiting Soviet Union, Chairman Mao received the embassy staff members and student delegates in the China embassy to Soviet Union in 17th February 1950, and he wrote an inscription of ‘developing mining’ for REN Xiang, a student from China. At the beginning of 2012, thirteen mining associations including China Mining Association launched a proposal that set the day which Chairman Mao wrote the inscription as the ‘Mining Workers’ Day’.
In the forum of this activity, the standing vice-president of China Mining Association, Mr. Wang Jiahua sent the season’s greeting to all the mining workers on behalf of China Mining Association. He said, 64 years ago, Chairman Mao gave his inscription to a Chinese student who studied in Soviet Union that means all the burdens and responsibilities were handed over to the young generation. The time Chairman Mao wrote the inscription was also the beginning of the first five-year plan. Therefore, it has laid the historical status of mining in national economic construction.
Mr. Wang Jiahua mentioned that February 17th was the special date which was worth of anniversary for China Mining. The older generation of mining workers work hard and perseveringly to make outstanding contributions in national construction and economic development. In the new historical period, we should sort out what is the miners’ day, and what should we inheritance and undertake, and what should we carry forward. We need to use wisdom and power in the new era, making contributions to the national economic construction and social development continual.
Mr. Li Lianhua, the Party member of China Minmetals Corporation, mentioned that as the main participant of mining industry, China Minmetals Corporation always insist to play a positive role in sustainable mine construction. For a long time, China Minmetals Corporation upheld the idea of “treasure the finite and create the infinite”, and made it through the whole step of production to build the China Minmetals Corporation with sustainable and beautiful.
Mr. Pan Haibin, deputy director general of the Department of Land and Resources of Anhui Province said, during more than half a century, mining workers of Anhui Province who according to the direction of mining development, carrying forward the spirit of three points of glory and four points of special. They created refulgence of Anhui mining one after another, developing markets of domestic and international. There were numbers of vital mineral deposits by copper, iron and zinc in Yao Jialing, Ling county, which came to the fore and supported the economic development of Anhui Province. With the implementation on prospecting breakthrough strategy 358, support of mining on economic development will become stronger.
In the forum, the representative of older mining workers, mining director Mr. Yang Zongli, who stands for Han Xing mining, Anhui mining development Co., Ltd, China Minmetals Corporation, and Mr. Li Hongqiao, the representative of younger mining workers gave speeches separately. (Li Ping) ( Translated by TLRHVC)
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