This Decree establishes that the forms of Certificate of landownership can be used provisionally, till the issues of the state legal form, as a document for lifelong ownership valid for inheritance and limitless (permanent) land lease. This Decree validates the forms of Certificate of landownership, Contract of tenancy for agricultural land, Contract of temporal leasehold of agricultural land. The forms of these documents are supplied in Annexes.

These Regulations are formulated in order to improve the management of land in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, to exploit its resources and to implement rational utilisation of the land. The Special Zone shall practice a system of "compensatory usage" and "compensatory assignment" of State owned land. A land user unit or individual shall be responsible for the protection, management and rational use of land allocated for its usage (art. 2).

This Joint Regulating Decree establishes that state colleges, scientific, experimental, training, research institutions and centres of agricultural and forest specialisation, branches of the Academy of Sciences, of the Academy of Medical Sciences, of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Academy of Education are exempted from the payment of the royalties for the use of land.

This Order regards Article 26 of the Law "On royalties for the use of land". The new wording of this Article reads as follows: "Managerial boards of the farming, gardening ,housing and breeding cooperative societies must submit calculations of the land taxes to the Treasury's district inspections, on which territory the plots of land are located, and pay the royalties for the use of land to the budget of the local administration before the issuing of landownership certificates to their members.

Amendments made to the principal Act concern its application sphere, compulsory land acquisition, incentives for aquaculture projects, conversion of agricultural land into fish ponds and prawn farms, protection of mangrove areas, and change of crops. Lands actually, directly and exclusively used for parks, wildlife, forest reserves, reforestation, fish sanctuaries and breeding grounds, watersheds and mangroves, as well as private lands actually directly and exclusively used for prawn farms and fishponds, shall be exempt from the application of this Act.

This Order regards the Law "On royalties for the use of land". Paragraph 1, point 1 acquires a new wording. It reads as follows: "owners of small private enterprises are exempted from payment of the land tax because of the substitution of the land tax, federal, regional and local royalties for the use of land by a unitary production tax for a given period of time. Owners of the small private enterprises, however, have the right to choose the form of the taxation system."

This Order regards Articles 5 and 26 of the Law "On royalties for the use of land". Paragraph 5, point 4 acquires a new wording. It reads as follows: "Ministerial Decree No. 1108 of 1993 regarding specially authorized bodies of wildlife protection and regulation establishes that the Ministry of Agriculture (the Department on protection and rational use of the wildlife species and its territorial branches) and other specially authorized bodies represent specially authorized bodies of wildlife protection and regulation".

This Act, consisting of 74 sections divided into seven Parts and completed by six Schedules, makes provision for the tenure, management, and alienation of crown lands. "Crown lands" means land which is vested in the Crown, and which is not contracted to be granted in fee simple; and includes land granted in fee simple which has revested in the Crown by way of purchase or otherwise. Subject to this Act the Minister has power to manage and dispose of all Crown land. Land districts and parishes existing at the commencement of this Act are continued for the purposes of this Act.

This Law enacts principles for the agriculture development, management and preservation in China. "Agriculture" as mentioned in this Law means crop-plantation, forestry, animal husbandry and fisheries. "Agricultural production and operation organizations" mentioned in this Law mean agricultural economic collectives, State-owned agricultural enterprises or other agricultural enterprises.This Law consists of IX chapters. Chapter I General Provisions.

The objective of this Law which includes 25 articles and 2 supplementary articles is to define the procedure for olive improvement efforts. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is the leading agency for establishing, sowing, grafting and establishing gardens for wild species. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs provides land to those who would apply for olive sowing. Seeds will also be provided by the Government on cost basis. These land will be permanently transferred to those who have engaged in olive planting for five years.

The objective of this Law which includes 14 articles is to define the registration procedure of marshy lands. Those who wish to acquire land through drying marshy lands that are not possessed by anyone will apply to the relevant Governor, who shall then ask the Prime Ministry whether drying can be made by the State or not. If so, drying should be made within 4 years otherwise it will be considered as being renounced from this right. If drying will not be made by the State then the case will be communicated to the villages and water users' unions in the area. Priority will be for them.

These Regulations issued in implementation of the Land Administration Law, provide for (A) registration of landownership and land-use rights; (B) the systematic surveying of lands, land-use planning, and other mechanisms to control land use; (C) procedures for the expropriation of land needed for public construction purposes; (D) restrictions on the use of agricultural land for housing purposes; and (E) criteria for the determination of the kind and amount of fines payable for offences committed under the principal Law.The Regulations give the clarification of land is susceptible to State o