Land Management Law

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 (163–1–3)
• Principal Drafter: Ministry of Natural Resources
• Submitter: State Council
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 10^th NPCSC Category I; 11^th NPCSC Category I; 12^th NPCSC Category I; 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2013, 2014, 2016 (backup), 2017 (backup), 2018, 2019
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #3 (final): Aug. 22–26, 2019 (Chinese only)
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #2: June 25–29, 2019 (Chinese only) 💬
    • Public consultation: July 5–Aug. 3, 2019
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #1: Dec. 23–29, 2018 (Chinese only) 💬
    • Public consultation: Jan. 4–Feb. 3, 2019
  • State Council public consultation: May 23–June 23, 2017 (Chinese only)
• Legislative Records [Gazette 2019(5): 799, 824–833]
  • 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: NPCSC General Office (Aug. 26, 2019)

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Last updated: August 8, 2025, 01:08 EDT