In order to advance research on entire-life cycle system reform of mining land use, led by the State Council and the Ministry of Natural Resources, this paper, based on a research framework of “reform logic-jurisprudence-approaches”, analyzes the dilemma in mining land use reform from perspectives of mining land use stock, increment and transfer, legally clarifies the jurisprudence of mining land use system, and presents direction of and approaches to optimizing mining land use system. Mining land use is facing three plights in illegal land uses, reducing land increment and difficulties in activating land transfer. The external expansion of mining land use concept needs to be determined, especially on widely definition of mining land use ranges. Coordination of responsibilities and rights relating mining land uses needs to be determined from material laws and process jurisdiction. Technical approaches to reforming mining land use system should be systematical, entire and collaborative, starting with land administration entire life circle in planning, acquiring through approval, quitting through transfer, supervision. This paper puts forward suggestions on mining land use planning, on singling out and rolling mining land use, on diversifying acquisition of mining land use, on encouraging quitting of mining land stock to add land values, and on improving collaboration on mining land use permitting and supervision. This paper provides references for improving mining land use system and issuing “clean mining land use” transfer.
