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Measures for Management of the Annual Land Utilization Plan
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March 2, 1999

Article 1 In order to intensify the land administration, implement the land utilization overall plan, control the total amount of the construction-used
land, guide the intensive use of land, as well as truly protect the cultivated land, ensure the sustainable development of both society and economy, these measures
are formulated in accordance with the Land Management Law of the People' s Republic of China, the Implementation Ordinances of the Land Management Law of
the People' s Republic of China.

Article 2 These measures apply to the compilation, approval, implementation and supervision of the annual land utilization plan.

Article 3 The called annual land utilization plan in these measures is the specific arrangements by the State for the annual plan targets of, among others, farmland (including the cultivated land, similarly hereinafter) change-use, cultivated land reserve quantity, as well as the development and renovation of land, etc. .

Article 4 The following principles should be followed in the management of the annual land utilization plan:
(1) To control strictly the total amount of construction-used land, protect thecultivated land;
(2) To guide the demand by supply of land, thereby utilizing land rationally and efficiently;
(3) To give priority to meeting the needs of land for
the major construction projects and infrastructure
projects nationwide;
(4) To Realize the balance between the consumption and
supplementation of the cultivated land;
(5) To protect and improve the ecological environment,
ensure the sustainable utilization of land.

Article 5 The land administrations of local people'
s governments above the county level shall, together
with relevant departments, in accordance with the
unified arrangements and control targets, the local land
utilization overall plans, as well as the actual
conditions of the national economic and social
development plans and the utilization of land, bring
forward the proposal of the local annual land
utilization plan for next year, and submit the proposal
to the competent land administrations of the people' s
governments at next higher level after the examination
of the people' s governments at the same level.
For the use of land relating to the farmland change-use
in such construction projects as approved by the State
Council or road, pipeline and major infrastructure
projects approved by the relevant Departments under the
State Council, the relevant Departments under the State
Council shall bring forward the proposal of annual land
utilization plan for next year on the basis of the
project categorization in accordance with the division
of labour and function between the Ministry of Land and
Resources and local land administrations. This proposal
shall also be submitted, each a copy, to the land
administrations under the people' s governments of
provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities
directly under the Central Government where the land
planned to be used is located at the submission of the
proposal to the Ministry of Land and Resources.
The proposal of annual land utilization plan for next
year shall be submitted to the Ministry of Land and
Resources before November 20 annually.

Article 6 The Ministry of Land and Resources shall,
together with the relevant Departments under the State
Council, in accordance with the national economic and
social development plan, national industrial policies,
national land utilization overall plan and the specific
conditions of the construction-used land and the
relevant utilization, as well as after appropriate
integration and balance, compile the annual land
utilization plan, and submit it to the State Council for
approval.

Article 7 Every plan target, not only of the whole
country, but also of provinces, autonomous regions,
municipalities directly under the Central Government,
cities whose land utilization overall plans shall be
approved by the State Council in accordance with laws,
as well as Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps,
shall be listed in the annual land utilization plan
respectively.

Article 8 The compiled annual land utilization plan
shall be submitted to the State Council before December
10 of the previous year, and then be transmitted to
lower levels after approval.

Article 9 The competent land administrations of
local people' s governments above the county level shall
distribute, level by level, the plan targets of, among
others, farmland change-use, cultivated land reserve
quantity, and the development and renovation of land,
all of which are transmitted from the next higher level,
and draw out the related implementation plans, transmit
them to next lower levels after the approval of people'
s governments at the same level.
As drawing out the implementation plans, certain control
targets can be added thereto in accordance with actual
conditions respectively.

Article 10 Application should be lodged to the Ministry of Land and Resources where the plan targets of local annual land utilization plans indeed need certain
adjustments as the same plans are implemented respectively by provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities whose land utilization overall plan shall be approved by the State Council and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. After the examination and approval of the Ministry of Land Resources, the same application shall also be submitted to the State Council for approval.

Article 11 The competent land administrations of local people' s governments above the county level shall, before July 20 annually, report the implementation of the annual land utilization plan within respective administrative area and in the early
half of this year, to the land administrations of the people' s governments at next higher level, and shall, before November 20 annually, forecast the implementation
of the annual land utilization plan within respective administrative area and in this whole year, to the land administrations of the people' s governments at next
higher level.

Article 12 The annual land utilization plan shall be strictly implemented upon approval and transmission to lower levels. The amount of construction-used land
shall not be rapproved to increase, where without or above the plan targets of farmland change-use.
Where the compensation system for the construction-used cultivated land is not strictly implemented or the plan targets of land development and renovation are not
fulfilled, the plan targets of farmland change-use for next year shall be checked and reduced accordingly.
After examination and ratification, the saved plan targets of farmland change-use can be used continually next year.

Article 13 These Measures come into force upon promulgation.
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