Directly under the Ministry of Land and Resources, China Geological Survey (CGS) is a government-owned non-profit entity in para-ministerial level. In conformity with the plan of national land and resources investigation of the central Government, CGS is responsible for the centralized deployment and organizing implementation of nation's basic, public and strategic geological investigation and mineral exploration, providing basic geological information and data for national economy and social development and offering public-good service for the society.