Can rural cultivated land be used to build houses?

Rural farmland is not allowed to build houses.

According to the Regulations on the Protection of Basic Farmland, no unit or individual is allowed to build houses, build graves, quarry, mine, borrow soil and engage in other activities that damage basic farmland in farmland protection areas.

After the illegal occupation of cultivated land for building houses is discovered, the relevant departments will impose fines on rural building owners or dismantle rural self-built houses within a time limit according to the actual situation.