Has the Bureau of Land and Resources been renamed the Bureau of Natural Resources?

Yes.

The Bureau of Land and Resources was renamed as the Bureau of Natural Resources. The full name is the Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China and the State.

In March 2018, according to the "State Council Institutional Reform Plan" approved by the first session of the 13th National People's Congress, the Ministry of Natural Resources was established; the responsibilities of the Ministry of Land and Resources were integrated into the national development and reform The committee is responsible for the organization and preparation of main functional area planning, and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is responsible for urban and rural planning management.

Main Responsibilities of the Land and Resources Bureau

1. Responsible for the protection and rational utilization of land resources, mineral resources, marine resources and other natural resources.

2. Take responsibility for regulating the order of land and resources management.

3. Take responsibility for optimizing the allocation of land resources.

4. Responsible for standardizing land and resource ownership management.

5. Undertake the responsibility for the protection of cultivated land nationwide and ensure that the amount of cultivated land and basic farmland area determined in the plan are not reduced.

6. Be responsible for providing timely and accurate data on land use across the country.

7. Be responsible for the economical and intensive use of land resources.

8. Take responsibility for regulating the order of the land and resources market.