习近平回信勉励山东省地矿局第六地质大队全体地质工作者 在找矿突破战略行动中发挥更大作用 奋力书写“英雄地质队”新篇章

中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平10月2日给山东省地矿局第六地质大队全体地质工作者回信，对他们弘扬优良传统、做好矿产勘查工作提出殷切期望。

习近平在回信中表示，建队以来，你们一代代队员跋山涉水，风餐露宿，攻坚克难，取得了丰硕的找矿成果，展现了我国地质工作者的使命担当。

习近平强调，矿产资源是经济社会发展的重要物质基础，矿产资源勘查开发事关国计民生和国家安全。希望同志们大力弘扬爱国奉献、开拓创新、艰苦奋斗的优良传统，积极践行绿色发展理念，加大勘查力度，加强科技攻关，在新一轮找矿突破战略行动中发挥更大作用，为保障国家能源资源安全、为全面建设社会主义现代化国家作出新贡献，奋力书写“英雄地质队”新篇章。

山东省地质矿产勘查开发局第六地质大队成立于1958年，1992年被国务院授予“功勋卓著无私奉献的英雄地质队”荣誉称号。自成立以来，该队在黄金等矿产资源勘查上勇于创新突破，累计查明金资源量2810余吨，是全国找金最多的地质队。近日，山东省地矿局第六地质大队全体地质工作者给习近平总书记写信，汇报矿产勘查工作取得的成绩，表达了献身地质事业、为保障国家能源资源安全贡献力量的决心。

Xi encourages geological workers to play greater role in mineral exploration

Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged a team of geological workers in east China's Shandong Province to carry forward fine traditions and play a greater role in mineral resource exploration.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks on Sunday in a letter replying to a team of geological workers in the Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources.

In the letter, Xi said that since the sixth geological work team of the bureau was founded, generations of team members have made arduous efforts and surmounted difficulties, yielding rich fruits in mineral resource exploration.

Noting the important role of mineral resources in the country's economic and social development, Xi said that the exploration of mineral resources has a significant bearing on the national economy, people's livelihood and national security.

Xi urged endeavors to act on the vision of green development, ramp up efforts in mineral resource exploration and make scientific breakthroughs, so as to make new contributions to safeguarding the country's energy and resource security and building a modern socialist country in all respects.

Established in 1958, the geological work team has explored and located over 2,810 tonnes of gold. Recently, the whole team wrote a letter to Xi, briefing him on the results of their work and the resolve to dedicate themselves to geological work and contribute their strength to ensuring the country's energy and resource security.