Circular of the Ministry of Land and Resources on Issuing the Land Classification for Trial Implementation

Circular of the Ministry of Land and Resources on Issuing the Land Classification for Trial Implementation
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Circular of the Ministry of Land and Resources on Issuing the Land Classification for Trial Implementation

Guo Tu Zi Fa [2001] No.255

August 21, 2001

Departments of land and resources (departments of land and environmental resources, bureaus of land, resources and housing management, bureaus of housing and land resources administration, or bureaus of planning and land resources) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities specifically designated in the state plan, the Bureau of Land Management of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and the Bureau of Land Management of the People's Liberation Army,

In accordance with Article 4 of the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China and Articles 10 and 14 of the Implementing Regulations of the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China, and based on "classification of current situations of land use and definitions" as set out in the Technical Code for the Survey of Current Situations of Land Use formulated in 1984 and "classification of urban land and definitions" as set out in the Code for the Survey of Urban Land Ownership formulated in 1989, the uniform Land Classification for urban and rural areas developed upon extensive solicitation of opinions has been adopted upon discussion at the executive meeting of the Ministry of Land and Resources, in order to adapt to the need to develop the socialist market economy and implement the regulatory regimes for land use, and effectively carry out the uniform administration of land-related affairs in the urban and rural areas. The Land Classification is hereby issued for trial implementation as of January 1, 2002. The original "classification of current situations of land utilization and definitions" as set out in the Technical Code for the Survey of Current Situations of Land Utilization and "classification of urban land and definitions" as set out in the Code for the Survey of Urban Land Ownership shall cease to apply simultaneously.

Any circumstance or issue arising or any experience gained from the trial implementation of the Classification of Land in each region shall be promptly reported to the Department of Land Ownership Administration of the Ministry of Land and Resources.

National Land Classification

Level I Level II Level III Definition
No. Name of Three Major Categories No. Name No. Name
1 Agricultural Land   Land directly used for agricultural production, including arable land, garden plots, wooded land,
pastures land, and other agricultural land.
11 Arable Land   Land used for growing crops, including cultivated land, newly-developed reclaimed land, fallow land, rotation plot, and grass-crops rotation land; land used for growing crops primarily and orchards, mulberry trees or other trees intermittently; and reclaimed beach land and tidal marshes with harvesting cycle once per year on average. Also including ditches, channels, roads and field ridges that are less than 1.0m in width in the South and less than 2.0m in the North.
111 Irrigated Paddy Fields Arable land used for growing aquatic crops that has guaranteed water sources and irrigation facilities and can be irrigated normally in ordinary years, including irrigated paddy-upland rotation land.
112 Rain-fed Fields Arable land used for growing aquatic crops which has no access to irrigation facilities and mainly depends on natural rainfalls, including paddy-upland rotation land without irrigation facilities.
113 Irrigable Land Arable land that has guaranteed water sources and irrigation facilities and can be irrigated normally in ordinary years, excluding paddy fields and vegetable plots.
114 Dry Land Arable land used for growing rain-fed crops that has no irrigation facilities and depends on natural rainfalls, including the arable land that has no irrigation facilities and depends on flood diversion for irrigation and warping.
115 Vegetable Plots Arable land used for growing vegetables all the year round, including the land for greenhouses.
12 Garden Plots     Land used for growing perennial woody and herbage crops under intensive farming to gather fruits, leaves, roots and tubers mainly (including their nurseries), with a coverage ratio at 50% or higher or the proportion of stands with yields in the reasonable stands per mu reaching 70%.
121 Orchard Land Garden plots used for growing orchards.
121K Adjustable orchard land Land changed from arable land to orchard land without damage to the plow layer.*
122 Mulberry Fields Garden plots used for growing mulberry trees.
122K Adjustable orchard land Land changed from arable land to mulberry fields without damage to the plow layer.*
123 Tea Garden Garden plots used for growing tea trees.
123K Adjustable tea garden Land changed from arable land to tea garden without damage to the plow layer.*
124 Rubber Plantations Garden plots used for growing rubber.
124K Adjustable coffee plantations Land changed from arable land to rubber plantations without damage to the plow layer.*
125 Other Garden Plots Garden plots used for growing cocoa, coffee, oil palms, peppers, flowers, medicinal materials and other perennial crops.
125K Other garden plots adjustable Land changed from arable land to other garden plots without damage to the plow layer.*
13 Wooded Land     Land where trees, bamboos, bushes or coastal mangroves grow. Excluding recreational green space, and protective belts of trees along railways, roads, rivers, canals and ditches.
131 Forest Land Natural and artificial forest with tree canopy density greater than or equal to 20%.
131K Adjustable forest land Land changed from arable land to forest land without damage to the plow layer.*
132 Shrubland Shrubland with a coverage ration higher than or equal to 40%.
133 Open Forest Land Open forest land with tree canopy density between 10% (inclusive) and 20% (exclusive).
134 Young Afforested Land New afforested land with an afforestation survival rate higher than or equal to 41% of the reasonable amount of afforestation that has not been closed yet with a hope of forest establishment (usually referred to the afforested land with an age of less than three or less than five years or of less than five or less than seven years after aerial seeding).
134K Young afforested land adjustable Land changed from arable land to young afforested land without damage to the plow layer.*
135 Cut-over Land Land that is not regenerated within five years after the forest is cut down or burnt.
136 Nursery Fixed land used for culture of wood seedlings.
136K Adjustable nursery Land changed from arable land to a nursery without damage to the plow layer.*
14
Pastures Land		 Land on which herbaceous plants mainly grow and that is used for animal husbandry where.
141 Natural Grassland Grassland on which natural herbaceous plants mainly grow and that is used for grazing or mowing has not been improved, including open forest andshrub grassland that are mainly used for husbandry.
142 Improved Grassland Grassland that is improved by means of irrigation, drainage, fertilization, harrowing or after-culture.
143 Artificial Grassland Grassland used for artificial cultivation of fodder crops, including shrubland used for animal husbandry by artificial planting.
413K Adjustable artificial grassland Land changed from arable land to artificial grassland without damage to the plow layer.*
15 Other Agricultural Land Agricultural land other than the above arable land, garden plots, woody land, and pastures land.
151 Land for Raising Poultry and Livestock Land used for animal buildings and relevant ancillary facilities for the purpose of for-profit farming.
152 Agricultural Land for Facilities Land used for production facilities for industrial crop cultivation or aquaculture.
153 Rural Roads Roads in villages and fields in rural areas with width larger than or equal to 1.0m in the South and 2.0m in the North (including farm tracks)
154 Pond Areas The areas under the normal water level of pond with water storage less than 100,000 cubic metres that is excavated manually or formed naturally (excluding aquaculture water).
155 Waters for Aquaculture Land used for pond areas especially for aquaculture that is excavated manually or formed naturally and related ancillary facilities.
155K Adjustable waters for aquaculture Land changed from arable land to waters for aquaculture that can be rehabilitated.
156 Land for Irrigation and Water Conservancy Land used for building canals and ditches for farmland irrigation and drainage by farmers, farmer collective or other agricultural enterprises independently or jointly as well as related ancillary facilities.
157 Raised Paths through Fields The raised paths through terraced fields in the arable land with width greater than or equal to 1.0m in the South and 2.0m in the North.
158 Grain-sunning Grounds and Lands for Other Purposes Grain-sunning grounds and other agricultural land that is not included in the land for the above purposes.
2 Construction Land Land used for constructing buildings and structures.
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