Order of the Ministry of Land and Resources on the Issuance of the Measures for the Disposal of Idle Land

Order of the Ministry of Land and Resources on the Issuance of the Measures for the Disposal of Idle Land

Order of the Ministry of Land and Resources [1999] No.5

April 28, 1999

The Measures for the Disposal of Idle Land which have been adopted at the 6th minister meeting of the Ministry of Land and Resources on April 26, 1999 are hereby issued and shall come into effect as of the date of issuance.

Minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources: Zhou Yongkang

Attached: Measures for the Disposal of Idle Land
　
Article 1 In order to dispose in accordance with the law and fully utilize idle land and effectively protect cultivatable land, these Measures are hereby formulated in accordance with the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of the Urban Real Estate and other relevant laws and administrative regulations.
　
Article 2 The term "idle land" as used herein means any parcel of construction purpose land on which no development and construction activity is commenced within a specified time after the land user concerned obtains the land use rights in accordance with the law and without the approval of the people's government that has originally approved the utilization of the land.
Any parcel of land that falls under any of the following circumstances may also be recognized as idle land:
1. Where no commencement date of development and construction on the parcel of land is provided for in the relevant contract for the paid use of state-owned land or the relevant letter of approval for construction purpose land and development and construction activities fail to be commenced within one year of the date on which the contract for the paid use of state-owned land becomes effective or the letter of approval for construction purpose land is issued by the competent authority for land administration;
2. Where development and construction activities on the parcel of land have been commenced with the land area on which development and construction activities have been conducted accounting for less than 1/3 of the total land area subject to development and construction activities or the amount of investments that have made in the parcel of land accounts for the amount of total investments therein and development and construction activities have been ceased continually for one year without approval; or
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