Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other nine departments: Strengthen key technology and equipment research and development efforts.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other nine departments have issued the "Implementation Plan for the High-Quality Development of the Gold Industry". The plan proposes to focus on the characteristics of China's low-grade and difficult-to-select gold resources, focusing on well construction, enhancement, water hazards, rock bursts, etc. in the deep mining process, strengthening the synergy of production, education, research, and application, conducting key common technology research on deep well and ultra-deep well exploration and exploitation, green and efficient metallurgy, etc. Encouraging gold enterprises to form innovation consortiums with equipment manufacturing enterprises to jointly conduct research on key equipment such as ultra-deep mining, large-scale rock drilling, high-precision ground pressure monitoring. Promote the customization of equipment development for small and medium-sized enterprises, guide enterprises to carry out equipment renewal and technical transformation.