Land Management Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国土地管理法
[Current Text: Chinese only]
(adopted June 25, 1986, effective Jan. 1, 1987; amended and effective Dec. 29, 1988; revised Aug. 29, 1998, effective Jan. 1, 1999; amended and effective Aug. 28, 2004; amended Aug. 26, 2019, effective Jan. 1, 2020)
- Status: Amendment passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (163–3–1)
- Principal Drafter: Ministry of Natural Resources
- Submitter: State Council
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: 10th NPCSC Category I; 11th NPCSC Category I; 12th NPCSC Category I; 13th NPCSC Category I
- Annual: 2013, 2014, 2016 (preparatory), 2017 (preparatory), 2018, 2019 (presumed)
- Legislative History & Texts
- NPCSC deliberation – 3rd (final) round: August 2019 (Chinese only)
- NPCSC deliberation – 2nd round: June 2019 (Chinese only)
- NPCSC deliberation – 1st round: December 2018 (Chinese only)
- State Council public consultation: May 2017 (Chinese only)
- Legislative Records:
- Explanation (Dec. 23, 2018)
- Report on Status of Revision (Jun. 25, 2019)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (Aug. 22, 2019)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (Aug. 25, 2019)
- Presidential Order (Aug. 26, 2019)
- Press Conference: August 26, 2019
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