China's dependence rate on imported minerals climbs up year by year. For instance, the rate on imported copper mineral products, aluminum mineral products, zinc/lead mineral products is around 65 percent, 55 percent and 30 percent, and continues to rise.
The concerned government departments, such as National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Ministry of Commerce (MOC), highly support the importing activities, especially the imports of copper ore (>20pct), lead ore (>55pct) and zinc ore (>40pct).
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