党中央确定的沿海地区经济发展战略,是关系到我国现代化建设全局的重大决策,这一决策给地矿工作的开放、改革和发展指明了继续前进的方向,提出了更新更高的要求,同时也为地矿工作注入了新的活力,提供了有利的机遇.我们要不失时机地认真贯彻实施沿海地区经济发展战略,在过去工作的基础上,进一步扩大对外开放. The economic development strategy of the coastal areas determined by the Party Central Committee is a major decision that has a bearing on the overall situation of China’s modernization drive. This decision has indicated the direction for the opening, reform, and development of the mining industry, and has proposed new and higher requirements. It also injected new vitality into the work of the mineral industry and provided favorable opportunities. We must seize the opportunity to earnestly implement the strategy for the economic development of the coastal areas, and further expand our opening to the outside world on the basis of past work.