Ministry of Land and Resources, Measures for the Disposal of Idle Land (Revised)
国土资源部闲置土地处置办法 (修订)
July 12, 2012 | BY
clpstaff &clp articlesA charge of 20% of the land grant or allocation fee to be imposed on land left idle for a year.
Promulgated: June 1 2012
Effective: July 1 2012
Applicability: For the purposes of these Measures, the term “idle land” means state-owned construction land where the holder of the use rights has failed to commence construction and development thereon within one year from the construction and development commencement date specified in the contract for state-owned construction land use rights that require consideration or in the land allocation decision. Construction land on which construction and development have commenced but where the area of development accounts for less than one-third of the total construction land on which construction and development ought to have commenced, or the amount already invested therein accounts for less than 25% of the total investment, and development of and construction on which have been suspended for at least one year may also be determined to be idle land (Article 2).
The following may also be determined to be idle land:
(i) construction land on which construction and development have commenced but where