中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習近平10月2日給山東省地礦局第六地質大隊全體地質工作者回信，對他們弘揚優良傳統、做好礦產勘查工作提出殷切期望。

習近平在回信中表示，建隊以來，你們一代代隊員跋山涉水，風餐露宿，攻堅克難，取得了豐碩的找礦成果，展現了我國地質工作者的使命擔當。

習近平強調，礦產資源是經濟社會發展的重要物質基礎，礦產資源勘查開發事關國計民生和國家安全。希望同志們大力弘揚愛國奉獻、開拓創新、艱苦奮斗的優良傳統，積極踐行綠色發展理念，加大勘查力度，加強科技攻關，在新一輪找礦突破戰略行動中發揮更大作用，為保障國家能源資源安全、為全面建設社會主義現代化國家作出新貢獻，奮力書寫“英雄地質隊”新篇章。

山東省地質礦產勘查開發局第六地質大隊成立于1958年，1992年被國務院授予“功勛卓著無私奉獻的英雄地質隊”榮譽稱號。自成立以來，該隊在黃金等礦產資源勘查上勇于創新突破，累計查明金資源量2810余噸，是全國找金最多的地質隊。近日，山東省地礦局第六地質大隊全體地質工作者給習近平總書記寫信，匯報礦產勘查工作取得的成績，表達了獻身地質事業、為保障國家能源資源安全貢獻力量的決心。

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Xi encourages geological workers to play greater role in mineral exploration

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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.