On March 19, 1986, the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China was promulgated, and on March 19, 1986, the fifth session of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress adopted the "Decision on Amending the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China" in accordance with the twenty-first session of the Eighth National People's Congress on August 29, 1996, and amended by Jiang Zemin, President of the People's Republic of China on August 29, 1996.