The ministry of land and resources associate with other four ministries issued in 1999, which established reserves assessment-cognizance system ultimately.

1999年，国土资源部等五部委联合发布了《 矿产资源储量评审认定办法》，从基本上建立了我国储量评审认定制度。

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China has established over 50 panda reserves to protect the population.

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One should note, however, that resources are not the same as reserves and economic feasibility of extraction needs to be established first to upgrade the classification of assets from resources to reserves.

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