China has 128.61 million hectares of arable land, well above the country's farmland red line of 1.8 billion mu (about 120 million hectares), according to a bulletin released by the Ministry of Natural Resources on Friday.
The ministry released a 2024 natural resources bulletin in China, detailing the country's overall natural resources.
The national land survey conducted in 2023 reveals that China has 19.61 million hectares of orchards, 283.70 million hectares of forests, 263.22 million hectares of grasslands, and 23.52 million hectares of wetlands.
The country also discovered 173 types of mineral resources by the end of 2023, the bulletin said.
Five key forest zones, including the national park for Serbian tigers and leopards and the Genhe River, have completed natural resource rights registration.
In 2024, China issued 71.53 million property ownership certificates nationwide, marking a 3.2-percent year-on-year increase.
China had 12,646 exploration rights licenses over 2.66 million square kilometers of mines, and 30,391 mining rights licenses over 351,800 square kilometers by the end of 2024.
In addition, the country has yielded significant results in the new round of mineral exploration.
Since the start of the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021 -2025), China has put in 400 billion yuan (about 55.27 billion U.S. dollars) for mineral exploration, leading to major breakthroughs in copper, aluminum, iron, lithium, zirconium, and rare earth.
Minerals such as tungsten, molybdenum, and graphite have also seen substantial growth, further consolidating China's resource advantages.
China has 128.61 million hectares of arable land with improved ecosystem: survey
