Experts Seminar on the "15th Five-Year" Development Plan for the Gold Industry (Draft) Held in Beijing

According to the China Gold Association website, on February 3, 2026, the expert seminar on the “15th Five-Year Development Plan for the Gold Industry (Draft)” (hereinafter referred to as the “15th Five-Year Plan”) was held in Beijing. The meeting invited academicians and experts within the industry to gather together and conduct in-depth discussions on the 15th Five-Year Plan for the industry.

To implement the national overall deployment for high-quality development of the gold industry, and based on the “Implementation Plan for High-Quality Development of the Gold Industry (2025-2027)” jointly issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and eight other departments, the China Gold Association has researched and prepared the “15th Five-Year Development Plan for the Gold Industry (Draft).” During the meeting, the association provided a detailed introduction to the main content of the plan.

Academicians and experts highly recognized the scientific, forward-looking, and guiding nature of the 15th Five-Year Plan content, while also pointing out that resource assurance is the foundation for the steady development of the gold industry. During the 15th Five-Year period, efforts will continue to promote a new round of strategic actions for breakthrough mineral exploration, with a high emphasis on the comprehensive utilization of low-grade, difficult-to-process, and associated resources, aiming to effectively improve resource self-sufficiency and comprehensive utilization levels. Experts emphasized the need to focus on key core technological bottlenecks restricting industry development, strengthen the deep integration of production, academia, research, and application, and accelerate the development and application of advanced technologies and equipment such as deep well mining below 2000 meters and cyanide residue comprehensive utilization. Increased investment in the research and development of high-end new materials for gold will help the industry move up the value chain.

The attending experts unanimously agreed that the discussion draft of the 15th Five-Year Plan for the industry has a clear idea and well-defined goals, pointing out the direction for the gold industry’s development over the next five years. The China Gold Association will further improve the draft based on expert opinions, fully solicit feedback from industry enterprises, and ensure that the plan is practical, guiding, and operable.

(Source: Cailian Press)