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Ministry of Land and Resources, Land Registration Measures
国土资源部土地登记办法

Land registration measures to protect land rights holders.

Date: May 2008

CLP Reference: 4100/07.12.30

PRC Reference: 国土资源部令第40号

Promulgated: 30 December 2007

Effective: 01 February 2008

Keywords (click to search): [land registration] [land rights holder] [state-owned leaseholds] [collective land ownership] [collective leaseholds] [land mortgage] [easement] [land register] [third party rights to land]

Promulgated: December 30 2007

Effective: February 1 2008

Applicability: For the purposes of these Measures, the term “land registration” means the act of recording in the land register for public review state-owned leaseholds, collective land ownership, collective leaseholds, land mortgages, easements and other land rights which, in accordance with laws and regulations, need to be registered, and announcing the same.

The state-owned leaseholds mentioned in the preceding paragraph include state-owned construction leaseholds and state-owned agricultural leaseholds. The collective leaseholds mentioned in the preceding paragraph include collective construction leaseholds, homestead leaseholds and collective agricultural leaseholds (but exclude rights to operate land that has been contracted out) (Article 2).

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