国土资源部副部长寿嘉华１０月２２日表示，中国将原则停止矿业权的行政审批，以后将像经营性土地一样采取招标、拍卖等方式出让矿业权。她说：“过去我们通过行政审批授予矿业权的方式配置矿产资源，不仅造成了资源利用效率的低下，而且还存在不公平和歧视的现象。加入世贸组 Deputy Minister of Land and Resources Shou Jiahua said on October 22 that China will stop the administrative examination and approval of the mining rights on a principle basis and will later transfer the mining rights by bidding and auction in the same manner as operating land. She said: "In the past, we allocated mineral resources by way of administrative examination and approval of mining rights, which not only resulted in inefficient use of resources but also unfairness and discrimination.