Basic national regulations on land development

The "Land Management Law", "Soil and Water Conservation Law", "Environmental Protection Law", "Grassland Law", "Fisheries Law", "Forest Law" and other laws promulgated successively in our country all regulate relevant land development. strict regulations.

The new "Land Management Law" stipulates: "Reclamation of unused land must undergo scientific demonstration and evaluation, and be carried out within the reclamable area delineated in the overall land use plan and approved in accordance with the law." "It is prohibited to destroy forests and grasslands to reclaim farmland, and to reclaim lakes for farmland and to encroach on river floodplains. According to the overall land use plan, land that has been reclaimed or reclaimed that damages the ecological environment will be returned to forests, grazing, and lakes in a planned and step-by-step manner." “Those who develop state-owned barren mountains, wasteland, and wasteland with undetermined use rights to engage in planting, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery production may, with the approval of the people’s government at or above the county level in accordance with the law, be assigned to development units or individuals for long-term use.” The "Soil and Water Conservation Law" stipulates: "It is prohibited to clear forests, burn mountains, shovel turf, and dig tree pockets on steep slopes and arid areas. It is prohibited to cultivate and plant crops on steep slopes above 25 degrees. It has been prohibited to cultivate and plant crops on steep slopes. For crops, on the basis of building basic farmland, the farmland should be gradually retired according to the actual situation, trees and grass should be planted, vegetation should be restored, or terraces should be built." The "Environmental Protection Law" stipulates: "In the development and utilization of natural resources, measures must be taken to protect the ecological environment." The "Grassland Law" stipulates: "Strictly protect grassland vegetation and prohibit reclamation and destruction. Grassland users who carry out small-scale reclamation must obtain approval from the local people's government at or above the county level. If reclamation has caused grassland desertification or severe soil erosion, local people at or above the county level shall The government should close the area within a time limit, order the restoration of vegetation, and return farmland to grazing.” The "Fisheries Law" stipulates: "It is prohibited to reclaim land from lakes. Coastal beaches shall not be reclaimed without the approval of the people's government at or above the county level."

In order to strengthen land development management, in 1989 the former National Land Administration and National Planning The Commission, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Agriculture jointly issued the "Notice on Implementing the Land Development and Utilization Plan"; in 1989, the former National Land Administration Bureau and the Ministry of Water Resources jointly issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Management of Land Development and Utilization and Improving Water and Soil Conservation"; in 1992 In the same year, the State Land Administration Bureau issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Approval of Land Reserve Resource Development Projects." The above-mentioned "Notice" puts forward specific requirements for planning, plan management and demonstration of economic, technical and environmental protection during the land development process.