Xu Shaoshi
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Xu Shaoshi is the current Minister of Land and Resources
Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China
Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China is a ministry under the jurisdiction of the State Council of China...

 of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

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Xu was born in Ningbo
Ningbo
Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...

, Zhejiang Province. He joined the Communist Party of China
Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...

 (CPC) in December 1974.

In April 2007, he was appointed to be the Minister of Land and Resources and the party chief of the Ministry. He is also the general supervisor of national land and a member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
The 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is in session from 2007 to 2012.It elected the 17th Politburo of the Communist Party of China in 2007.-Chronology:#1st Plenary Session#*Date: October 22, 2007#*Location: Beijing...

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According to The Age
The Age
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in January 2010 Xu Shaoshi lead a high-level delegation to the Antarctic
Antarctic
The Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...

, aboard China's icebreaker
Icebreaker
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, the Xue Long.
Xu toured Australia
Australia
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's Casey Station
Casey Station
Casey Station is a permanent base in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division located on Vincennes Bay in the Australian Antarctic Territory.- History :...

 before proceeding to China's Antarctic Zhongshan Station
Antarctic Zhongshan Station
Zhongshan Station is the second Chinese research station in Antarctica and was opened on February 26th, 1989.It is managed by the Polar Research Institute of China...

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Among the officials who accompanied him was Qu Tanzhou
Qu Tanzhou
Qu Tanzhou is the director of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration.In 2007 Qu Tanzhou was the director of China's Polar Office of the State Oceanic Administration....

, the director of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration
Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration
The Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration is a Beijing-based agency of the People's Republic of China's State Oceanic Administration...

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Jo Chandler, writing in The Age, reported that Xu declined to be interviewed and the presence of his delegation was not covered in the Chinese Press.
Chandler reported that the purpose of the tour was to familiarize Xu and his colleagues with China's research efforts in the Antarctic, and the potential mineral resources that could be exploited there. She noted that China, like all other parties to the International treaties to the Antarctic, was barred from resource exploitation until 2048.

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