九届全国人大一次会议通过的国务院机构改革方案中新设立了国土资源部，并根据国务院总理朱睡基的提名，任命周永康同志为国土资源部部长。国土资源部由地质矿产部、国家土地管理局、国家海洋局和国家测绘局共同组建，主要职能是：土地资源、矿产资源、海洋资源等自然资源的规 In the reform plan of the State Council passed at the first session of the Ninth National People’s Congress, the Ministry of Land and Resources was newly established. According to the nomination of Zhu Sleepee, the premier of the State Council, Comrade Zhou Yongkang was appointed as the minister of land and resources. The Ministry of Land and Resources is jointly established by the Ministry of Geology and Mines, the State Land Administration, the State Oceanic Administration and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping. Its main functions are: regulation of natural resources such as land resources, mineral resources and marine resources