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A vast volume of information about the mining industry is collected in the Economic Archives of the Institute of Modern History. The earliest documents were issued by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce during the late Qing Dynasty, followed by the Republic of China’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of Economic Affairs and Resources after the Republic Era. The comprehensiveness of the aforementioned documents can be illustrated in the many mining maps and detailed mining licenses from the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, which were established in conformity with the “Guidelines for Mining Industries” announced by the central government in Beijing and issued in March of 1914. The documents feature permitted mining locations, regional maps, and mineral deposit diagrams. The guidelines clearly stipulated rules for mining and its management. Article 25 and 28 stipulated that there must be text and illustrations in the applications for mining licenses, underlying the critical role of mining maps and mineral deposit diagrams. There are two categories for mining licenses: prospecting permits and mining licenses. The agencies approving prospecting permits and mining licenses are two different authorities; prospecting permits are to be approved by the Director of Mining Industries in the local government while mining licenses are endorsed by the central government. Applicants for prospecting permits have priority in acquiring the corresponding mining license. The procedure for the mining license application is as follows: 1. The mining businessman submits the application to the chamber of commerce in the local government where the mine is located, attached with the mining chart, the mineral deposit booklet, the notarized resume, and other related documents; 2. After being approved by the local government, the application is then forwarded to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce for evaluation; 3. The mining management office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce reviews the application for its conformity with the related Mining Industry Regulations and files a report of the evaluation; 4. If the evaluation results meets approval, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce issues a mining license number that would be registered in the chamber of commerce of the local government. Related Collection
Text and images are provided by Digital Archives of Famous Personages, Diplomatic Records, and Economic Records in Modern China (Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica)
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