What’s going on with the illegal coal mining in Qilian Mountain, the “invisible richest man” in Qinghai?

The ecological and environmental protection issues in the Qilian Mountains were notified by the central government three years ago. The cause of this regional ecological disaster was a company called Qinghai Xingqing Industry and Trade Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xingqing Company") of private enterprises. Ma Shaowei, chairman of Xingqing Company, is known as the "invisible richest man" in Qinghai. He has occupied Juhugeng Coal Mine in Muli Mining Area for 14 years and is suspected of illegally mining more than 26 million tons of coal without a license, making profits exceeding 10 billion yuan.

What is unbelievable is that after two rounds of central environmental protection inspections and the Qinghai Province halting all mining activities in the Muli coalfield mining area and carrying out ecological environment improvement, Xingqing Company came to Muli Ju The illegal mining of Hugeng Coal Mine has not been shaken. To this day, it is still carrying out predatory mining in the name of restoration and management, and old ecological debts have not been repaid and new debts have been added.

From July 14 to August 14, 2019, the Sixth Central Environmental Protection Inspection Team carried out environmental protection inspections in Qinghai Province. According to insiders of Xingqing Company, the inspection team went to Tianjun County to conduct sinking inspections. Xingqing Company’s mining operations at the Juhugenyi coal mine were suspended for three days, and mining operations resumed the day after the inspection team left.

“Whenever leaders come for inspections, work inspections and law enforcement inspections, Xingqing Company temporarily suspends production for a day or two, transfers all coal mining machinery and equipment to the Zhashan plastic surgery site, and blocks the tunnel with slag. "The road to the coal mining area." Insiders of Xingqing Company told reporters that they often receive inspections during the day and organize mining at night, or the superior leaders and law enforcement officers resume production as soon as they leave.

The reporter of "Economic Information Daily" learned that in order to cope with the supervision and inspection of Qinghai Provincial Law Enforcement Department, Xingqing Company will suspend production for four days starting from July 28, 2020. At around 14:00 on the 31st, the inspectors left. At 16:00, Xingqing Company notified all coal mining teams to resume mining on the night shift that day.

According to insiders of Xingqing Company, the company usually operates 24 hours a day, but every time leaders and law enforcement officers come to the mining area, the company can learn the news in advance and report the ore body and excavated materials. The coal is either covered with soil or covered with green soil netting, making it look like a green lawn; the work resumes as soon as the inspectors leave.

Regarding the issue of illegal mining in a coal mine in the Juhugeng mining area, a reporter from the Economic Information Daily called Ma Shaowei. Ma Shaowei said: "The coal mine has been suspended."

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Fake documents to seize hundreds of billions of mineral rights dispute

"Economic Information Daily" reporter checked the industrial and commercial registration information and found that Xingqing Company is a family enterprise, held by four people, father and son, with an equity structure of : Ma Dengke (his father) holds 20 shares, Ma Shaowei holds 40 shares, Ma Shaoyun (his brother) holds 20 shares, and Ma Shaoxiong (his brother) holds 20 shares. It is understood that Ma Dengke was a member of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; Ma Shaowei was a member of the Xining Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was known by the locals as the "invisible richest man" in Qinghai because of his actual control and operation of the Yijingtian coal mine in the Juhugeng mining area.

Two years ago, "Economic Information News" disclosed that Xingqing Company illegally transferred Qinghai Zijin Mining Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Zijin Company") to Qinghai Zijin Mining Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. ) owns all the equity. Previously, Shaanxi Golden Land Industrial Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Golden Land Company") invested in Zijin Company and Xingqing Company and used "zero investment" to take away Zijin Company's investment worth hundreds of billions of yuan. The mining rights of Hugengyi mine field triggered a 15-year rights protection lawsuit by Golden Land Company.

This dispute over fake documents to seize hundreds of billions of mineral rights has aroused widespread social concern. It is reported that the Ministry of Commerce and the Qinghai Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection finally found out that as the key evidence to determine the ownership of the 100 billion mineral rights of the Juhugenyi Mine Field, the above-mentioned red-headed document issued by the Qinghai Provincial Department of Commerce will be withdrawn and revoked. It is an invalid document and is invalid evidence. In May 2020, the first-instance judgment of the Xi'an Intermediate People's Court of Shaanxi Province determined that Golden Land Company was the actual investor of Zijin Company.

It is understood that in Qinghai business circles, what makes Ma Shaowei famous is not only that he has been involved in Muli coal mining for many years and has a huge fortune, but also because he has deep political and business relationships and can walk between the two with ease. .

In January 2019, relevant announcements from the Qinghai Provincial Department of Natural Resources showed that Qinghai Bufrog Spring Mineral Water Co., Ltd., of which Ma Shaowei is the legal representative, acquired 162.82 square kilometers of the Mangya Xiaomaoquan area in Qinghai Haixi Prefecture for a consideration of 18.7 million yuan. Preliminary prospecting rights for potash mines. According to professional calculations, the market value of the potassium salt mine deposits in this region should be more than 10 billion yuan.

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