Chapter 2 Grassland Ownership of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Grassland Management Regulations

Article 8 The grassland within the administrative area of ??the autonomous region is owned by the state and collectively: (1) The people's government at or above the banner and county level has approved the allocation to state-owned enterprises, institutions and Grassland used for military land is owned by the state;

(2) Grassland used by pastoral areas and rural collective economic organizations is owned by the collective, except for grassland owned by the state that is used in accordance with the law.

Article 9: State-owned grasslands whose use rights have been confirmed shall be registered by the people’s governments at or above the banner and county level and grassland use right certificates shall be issued; state-owned grasslands for which the use rights have not been confirmed shall be registered by the people’s governments at or above the banner and county level. The government registers and maintains records and is responsible for protection and management.

Collectively owned grasslands shall be registered by the people's government at the banner and county level, and a grassland ownership certificate shall be issued to confirm ownership.

If the ownership of grassland is changed in accordance with the law, the registration procedures for change of ownership of grassland should be completed.

Article 10: Collectively owned grasslands shall be contracted and managed by families or joint households within the collective economic organization; state-owned grasslands may be contracted and managed by units with the right to use them to internal members.

During the period of grassland contract management, the grassland used by the contract operator shall not be adjusted; if individual adjustments are indeed necessary, it must be approved by the members of the collective economic organization and more than two-thirds of the villagers meeting. Or more than two-thirds of the Gacha villagers’ representatives agree and submit it to the sumu township-level people’s government and the grassland administrative department of the banner and county-level people’s government for approval.

Article 11: Grassland contract management rights can be transferred in accordance with the law in accordance with the principles of equal negotiation, voluntariness and compensation. State-owned grasslands and collectively owned grasslands that have not been contracted shall not be transferred.

The transfer of grassland contract management rights shall meet the following conditions:

(1) The nature of the ownership and use rights of the grassland and the purpose of the grassland shall not be changed;

( 2) Under the same conditions, members of the collective economic organization shall have priority;

(3) The transferee shall fulfill its obligations to protect, construct and rationally utilize the grassland in accordance with the law.

The specific measures for the transfer of grassland contract management rights shall be formulated by the People's Government of the autonomous region.

Article 12: The ownership, use rights and contract management rights of grasslands registered in accordance with the law are protected by law and may not be infringed upon by any unit or individual.

No unit or individual may appropriate, buy, sell, or otherwise illegally transfer grassland.

Article 13: Disputes over grassland ownership and use rights shall be resolved through negotiation between the parties; if the negotiation fails, it shall be handled by the relevant people's government; if the parties are dissatisfied with the settlement decision, they may file a lawsuit in the People's Court in accordance with the law.

Before the dispute over grassland ownership is resolved, the following activities shall not be carried out in the disputed area:

(1) Immigrant residents;

(2) Destruction The original production and living facilities, construction of fences, sheds, grazing spots and other production and living facilities and other permanent buildings;

(3) Change the current situation of grassland utilization;

(4) Title certificates are issued for disputed grasslands.