colaw.cn


Measures for Disposal of Idle Land 

April 28, 1999 

Article One In order to conduct according to law and fully utilize the idle land, as well as truly protect the cultivated land, these measures are formulated in accordance with the Land Management Law of the People's Republic of China, Urban Real Estate Management Law of the People's Republic of China and relevant laws and administrative regulations. 

Article Two The called idle land in this Measures are those construction-used lands, on which the land users who have obtained the land use right haven't yet begun construction after the prescribed deadline and without the consent of the People's Government which formerly ratified the same land use right. 

Under one of the following circumstances, land can be qualified as idle land: 

(1) The State-owned Land Non-gratuitous Use Contract or the Instrument of Ratification for Construction on Land does not prescribe the date to begin construction, and the construction on which does not begin after a period of more than one year since the same contract goes into effect or instrument was issued by the relevant land administration. 

(2) Those land on which the construction has started but the area being developed account for less than one third of the total construction area or the investment amount to less than 25% of the total investment, meanwhile the development and construction suspend continually for more than one year without approval. 

(3) Other circumstances prescribed by law and administrative regulations 

Article Three Responsible land administrative departments of the People's Government of cities and counties should inform land users to work out a disposal plan for their confirmed idle land; mortgagor should also be informed to participate in drafting the disposal plan when a mortgage is set up on the idle land in accordance with law. The above disposal plan will be put into practice by 
responsible land administrative departments of the People's Government of cities and counties after being ratified by the former ratifying governments. 

The disposal plan can be selected in the following patterns: 

(1) To extend the developing and constructing period 
but not to exceed one year at most; 

(2) Change the use purpose of the land and continue 
to develop and construct on it after going through the relevant 
formalities 

(3) Arrange the temporary use and approve to develop 
again after the prerequisites of the former project met; the 
government collects land 
increments if the land appreciates 

(4) Government replace the idle land with other 
equivalent idle land or existing construction-used land for land 
users thereby to develop 
and construct on it. 


(5) The Government determines the new land user by 
adopting the pattern of auction and public bidding thereby to 
continue the development and 
construction of the former project and compensate the former land 
user accordingly. 


(6) The land users sign the Land Use Right Return 
Agreement or other documents with the government and return the land 
use right to the 
government. When the former land user need to use land, the 
government shall supply him 
(or her) with the same valued land as that of the land he or she has 
returned in 
accordance with the above mentioned agreement or documents. 


To those idle land caused by government or actions 
of governmental departments, the land users who have paid partial 
land compensation charge 
or requisition charge may select the way prescribed by the former 
Section, or the 
government may decide the relevant land to be used by the former 
land user in accordance 
with the ratio of the actual payment to the due payment, and the 
rest part be recalled by 
the government. 


Article 4 The non-agricultural 
construction-occupied cultivated land, which has gone through the 
formalities of 
examination and approval, should resume cultivation by the former 
collective or 
individual, or by the organization of the land users, upon the land 
being idle for more 
than one year, cultivable and harvestable; Idle dues shall be paid 
in accordance with 
related regulations of provinces, autonomous regions and 
municipalities directly under the 
Central Government if the construction does not start in more than 
one year; The land 
which has not been used in two consecutive years, the concerned land 
use right shall be 
recalled gratuitously by the People's Governments above the 
county level after approved by the former ratifying bodies; If the 
land belongs formerly 
to a rural collectiveorganization, it shall be returned to the same 
economic organization 
for cultivation. 



The idle land, whose land use 
right being obtained by such gratuitous way as assignment, etc. For 
the development of 
real estste within the city plan zone, can be imposed a sum less 
than 20% of the assigning 
money if the project has not yet been started for more than one year 
after the prescribed 
construction-date; the land use right can be recalled 
non-gratuitously if the term of two 
years expires after the construction-date; while the construction 
delays due to a force 
majeure, governmental action or any necessary early-stage 
preparation, are exceptional.face="Arial"> 


Article 5 If the land use right of 
state-owned land is recalled in accordance with Article 4 of this 
Measures, the 
responsible land administrative departments of municipal and county 
governments shall make 
a public announcement with the consent of the former approving 
government, issue the 
Decision on Recalling the Land Use Right for the State-owned Land, 
suspend the 
implementation of contract concerning the non-gratuitous use of land 
or repeal the 
instrument of ratification for construction-used land and cancel the 
land registration and 
related certifications. 



Article 6 Responsible land administrative 
departments of municipal and county governments shall give priority 
to the development of 
idle land in accordance with idle land conditions within respective 
administrative areas, 
and on the basis of land utilization overall plan, annual land 
utilization plan as well as 
different requirements of related construction projects for land. 


The construction-used land must 
use idle land if possible and must not be approved to occupy farming 
land. To those areas 
where the use of idle land does not come up to the prescribed 
standard, next year's 
farming land shifting targets shall be checked and reduced. 


Article 7 To those idle land recalled in 
accordance with law, responsible land administrative departments of 
municipal and county 
government shall make clear again its use purpose, set use 
conditions, determine the land 
supply patterns, and proclaim all above to the public. 


The recalled state-owned idle land shall be utilized 
in the following ways: 


(1) Within the city construction area determined by 
land utilization overall plan, the construction project or other 
temporary use shall be 
arranged in accordance with the land utilization overall plan and 
municipal plan; if the 
construction project cannot be arranged recently, land can also be 
organized for 
cultivation if related conditions are not spoiled or reserved by 
governments in the way of 
greenland if uncultivable. 



(2) The land planned for farming should resume cultivation if related conditions are not spoiled or transformed into other farming land if not suitable for cultivation. 

Article 8 The recalled collective-owned idle land shall be utilized in the following ways: 

(1) Within the village and town construction area determined by the land utilization overall plan, land should be used for other construction projects arranged by this collective economic body; if this collective economic body cannot arrange construction project recently, the responsible administrative 
departments of the county government can work out a replacement plan and arrange for other construction project after approved by higher land administrative 
departments and compensate the original collective body accordingly. 

(2) The land planned for farming should resume cultivation if the related conditions are not spoiled or transformed into other farming land if not suitable for cultivation. 


Article 9 Responsible land administrative departments of municipal and county government should check up on such idle land conditions as its location, area and so on on the basis of land cadastral investigation and land transfer registration, set up detailed archives concerning related idle land, draw relevant distribution maps and location charts, as well as monitor and follow the related utilization situation. 

Article 10 If the ownership and usage of the related land change after rearranging the idle land in accordance with law, land transfer registration should be made, as well as new land certificate should be issued in accordance with relevant regulations. 

Article 11 These Measures come into force upon promulgation. 
กก 

Colaw.cn > Findlaw  > Estate > Measures for Disposal of Idle Land


Bright Jon    Attorney-at-law   Fax: +86-512-53516040  email@colaw.cn
h