Discussion on the Position of Mineral Resources in Institutional System of Property Rights

The extension of concept of legal materials is equal to form in kind.Mineral resources are a kind of property form in kind,while mining rights is a kind of usufructuary right.The paper argues that bringing mining rights into the range of regulation of rightsis conducive to the improvement of law on resources;and it suggests that we'd better change mineral exploitation licenseand mineral prospecting license into mineral exploitation certificate and mineral prospecting card.