The illegal mining case in Muli Mining Area of Qinghai involves compensation of approximately 5.56 billion yuan, which is the highest amount of compensation for national ecological damage.

On December 26th, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, together with the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, jointly released the fourth batch of ten typical cases of ecological environment damage compensation. Among them, the illegal mining ecological environment damage compensation in Muli Mining Area of Qinghai Province is listed. According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Pei Xiaofei, due to the large degree of ecological environment damage, wide range of impact, and multiple obligors for compensation, the illegal mining case in Muli Mining Area involves a compensation amount of approximately 5.056 billion yuan, making it the highest compensation amount for ecological environment damage in the country at present.