The former Geological Survey of China，Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica and Mineral Exploration Bureau of the Resources Commission have all made contributions to the development of China's geological landscape. Yet, the overall staffing is limited the geological personnel are few and the departments are scattered. In August 1950, the Government Administration Council approved to establish the Steering Committee of the China Geological Work Project, Bureau of Mineral Resources and Geological Prospecting, Institute of Geology and the Institute of Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, starting the unified institutional reform of the geological field, in order to solve the contradiction between the shortage of mineral resources and staff tension. On May 7th 1951, the three newly established institutions began to operate. In the early stage, geological researchers were given the dual status system in which they were technical officers in the Bureau of Mineral Resources and Geological Prospecting and researchers in the research institutes. In June 1952, the internal structure and staffing of each unit were preliminarily determined. At the same time, various specialized geological teams were established successively, and the redistribution of staff began. In August 1952, the Ministry of Geology was established, and the Bureau of Mineral Resources and Geological Prospecting were gradually transformed into different departments of the Ministry of Geology. The Institute of Geology and Institute of Paleontology fully accepted the leadership of the Ministry of Geology. During this reform, the staff of the Geological Survey of China were dispersed into three newly established departments and related units. Original internal functioning units were completely disintegrated and actually abolished. The Geological Survey of China had formed the research style and characteristics of “investigation  based” and “close combination of investigation and research” in its longterm practice. In the early 1950s, although the Bureau of Mineral Resources and Geological Prospecting and Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences were working on the mineral resources urgently needed by the country, there was no institutional inheritance relationship with the Geological Survey of China