State Council General Office, Circular on the Stringent Implementation of the Laws and Policies Relevant to the Use of 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.