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State Council General Office, Circular on the Stringent Implementation of the Laws and Policies Relevant to the Use of Rural Collective Construction Land
国务院办公厅关于严格执行有关农村集体建设用地法律和政策的通知

Circular to prohibit purchase of homestead land by urban residents.

Date: March 2008

CLP Reference: 4100/07.12.30

Promulgated: 30 December 2007

Keywords (click to search): [homestead land] [agricultural land] [collectively-owned land] [rural collective construction land]

Issued: December 30 2007

Main Contents: Article 2 of the Circular states that where a rural collective economic organization uses the land for construction determined according to the overall plan for the use of town (township) land to establish an enterprise or to jointly establish an enterprise with other work units or individuals in the form of equity contribution with leaseholds or joint operation, it must satisfy the overall plan and the town (township) plan for land use, and shall be governed according to the annual plan for construction land. Where it involves occupation of agricultural land, examination and approval procedures for conversion of agricultural land shall be handled in accordance with the law in advance, and the scope of land use must fulfil the relevant enterprise land use standards.

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