Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Department of Land and Resources issued an emergency notice requirements before all levels of government and relevant departments to act quickly and resolutely strike out against illegal exploitation of mineral resources on the behavior of rare earth and other rare earth involved in the illegal exploitation of mineral resources, such as personnel be severely according to the law strictly and promptly and resolutely constitute a crime punished according to the law in place by the judiciary be held strictly liable responsible person, although it is understood Guangxi has organized to combat illegal exploitation of mineral resources, mineral resources, special operations but with the rising price of the illegal exploitation of rare earth and other mineral resource activities are still the rise of some local cause ecological damage and even intensified, mountain landslides and other geological disasters and accidents.Since November 2011, the Guangxi successive accidents caused by illegal mining of several causes of the occurrence. To this end, the emergency notification requirements localities to take immediate and effective measures to firmly clamp down on illegal mining behavior. And set up in the main mining (dot) entrance checkpoint, strengthen inspection, cut off the illegal trade in mineral resources channels.

China's rare earth reserves, but only about one-third of the world's nearly 15 years in China's cheap exports accounted for more than 90% of the world's rare earth rare earth exports, China's rare earth prices too low because the individual countries closed their hoarding a lot of rare earth ore from China cheap rare earths.

China received a request for consultations about rare earths, tungsten, molybdenum export management measures in the United States, European Union, Japan, under the WTO dispute settlement mechanism proposed. Commerce Department of Treaty and Law Department official has issued a statement said that China had policies in respect of exports of raw materials and the parties have maintained communication and contact with the Chinese side has repeatedly stressed that the policy objective is to protect resources and the environment and achieve sustainable development, through unintentional trade-distorting way of protecting domestic industries. The official also said that China will in accordance with WTO dispute settlement procedures, and properly handle the request for consultations.

China exports large quantities of rare earth now China bear with 36.4% of the global reserves of more than 90 percent of the world's supply of rare earth rare earth market supply and stabilize made ​​a great contribution to the Chinese government for rare earth mining, production and export of all aspects of the management is to strengthen based on protecting the environment and exhaustible resources related measures in line with WTO rules require.In the future, China will continue to supply rare earths to the international market, and based on WTO rules to implement effective management of rare earth exports. With economic development, the international market demand for rare earths is growing, protect rare earth supply is becoming a common task facing the world. Other countries with rare earth resources should also be actively exploitation of rare earth resources, share the responsibility of global rare earths supply. China is also willing to find alternative resources development of rare earth, rare earth resource utilization to improve other aspects of strengthening cooperation with other countries, welcomed the countries with advanced environmental technologies to provide relevant technical support to China to help China to environmental protection.