Functions：
- Be responsible for the unified registration of natural resources and in the real estate industry; guides and supervises registration of national natural resources and real estate
- Be responsible for the paid use of natural resource assets; establishes a system of statistics on natural resources assets, and be responsible for accounting of natural resources assets
- Be responsible for the rational development and utilization of natural resources; formulates and implements standards for the development and utilization of natural resources, establishes a government-publicized natural resource price system, organizes natural resource grading and price evaluations; be responsible for natural resource market supervision
- Be responsible for the management of mineral resources; be responsible for the management of mineral resources reserves and approval of overlying mineral resources; be responsible for mining rights management
- Be responsible for supervising the implementation of marine strategic planning and developing the marine economy; be responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of marine economic operations
- Promotes international cooperation in natural resources; organizes foreign exchanges and cooperation in the field of natural resources; be responsible for international seabed related affairs