CHAPTER TWO OWNERSHIP AND RIGHT OF USE OF LAND
第二章土地的所有权和使用权
Article 8 Land in urban districts shall be owned by the State.
第八条城市市区的土地属于国家所有。
Land in the rural areas and suburban areas, except otherwise provided for by the State, shall be collectively owned by peasants including land for building houses, land and hills allowed to be retained by peasants.
农村和城市郊区的土地,除由法律规定属于国家所有的以外,属于农民集体所有;宅基地和自留地、自留山,属于农民集体所有。
Article 9 Land owned by the State and land collectively owned by peasants may be allocated to be used by units or individuals according to law. Units or individuals using land shall be responsible for the protection, management and a rational use of the land.
第九条国有土地和农民集体所有的土地,可以依法确定给单位或者个人使用。使用土地的单位和个人,有保护、管理和合理利用土地的义务。
Article 10 In lands collectively owned by peasants those have been allocated to villagers for collective ownership according to law shall be operated and managed by village collective economic organizations or villagers' committee and those have allocated to two or more peasants collective economic organizations of a village, shall be operated and managed jointly by the collective economic organizations of the village or villagers' groups; and those have allocated to township (town) peasant collectives shall be operated and managed by the rural collective economic organizations of the township (town).
第十条农民集体所有的土地依法属于村农民集体所有的,由村集体经济组织或者村民委员会经营、管理;已经分别属于村内两个以上农村集体经济组织的农民集体所有的,由村内各该农村集体经济组织或者村民小组经营、管理;已经属于乡(镇)农民集体所有的,由乡(镇)农村集体经济组织经营、管理。
Article 11 People's government at the county level shall register and put on record lands collectively owned by peasants and issue certificates to certify the ownership concerned.
第十一条农民集体所有的土地,由县级人民政府登记造册,核发证书,确认所有权。
People's government at the county level shall register and put on record the use of land collectively owned by peasants for non-agricultural construction and issue certificates to certify the right to use the land for construction purposes.
农民集体所有的土地依法用于非农业建设的,由县级人民政府登记造册,核发证书,确认建设用地使用权。
People's government at the country level shall register and put on record uses of land owned by the State by units or individuals and issue certificates to certify the right of use. The State Council shall designate specific units to register and put on record State-owned land used by central government organs.
单位和个人依法使用的国有土地,由县级以上人民政府登记造册,核发证书,确认使用权;其中,中央国家机关使用的国有土地的具体登记发证机关,由国务院确定。
Certifications of ownership or use right of wooded land and grassland and the uses or of water surface and beach land for breeding purpose shall be managed according to related provisions of the "Forest Law of the People's Republic of China", the "Grassland Law of the People's Republic of China" and the "Fisheries Law of the People's Republic of China".
确认林地、草原的所有权或者使用权,确认水面、滩涂的养殖使用权,分别依照《中华人民共和国森林法》、《中华人民共和国草原法》和《中华人民共和国渔业法》的有关规定办理。
Article 12 Changes of owners and usages of land, should go through the land alteration registration procedures.
第十二条依法改变土地权属和用途的,应当办理土地变更登记手续。
Article 13 The ownership and use right of land registered according to law shall be protected by law and no unit or individual is eligible to infringe upon it.
第十三条依法登记的土地的所有权和使用权受法律保护,任何单位和个人不得侵犯。
Article 14 Land collectively owned by peasant shall be contracted out to members of the collective economic organizations for use in crop farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fisheries production under a term of 30 years. The contractees should sign a contract with the correspondents contractor to define each other's rights and obligations. Peasants who have contracted land for operation are obliged to use the land rationally according to the purposes agreed upon in the contracts. The right of operation of land contracted by peasants shall be protected by law.
第十四条农民集体所有的土地由本集体经济组织的成员承包经营,从事种植业、林业、畜牧业、渔业生产。土地承包经营期限为三十年。发包方和承包方应当订立承包合同,约定双方的权利和义务。承包经营土地的农民有保护和按照承包合同约定的用途合理利用土地的义务。农民的土地承包经营权受法律保护。
Within the validity term of a contract, the adjustment of land contracted by individual contractors should get the consent from over two-thirds majority vote of the villagers' congress or over two-thirds of villagers' representatives and then be submitted to land administrative departments of the township (town) people's government and county level people's government for approval.
在土地承包经营期限内,对个别承包经营者之间承包的土地进行适当调整的,必须经村民会议三分之二以上成员或者三分之二以上村民代表的同意,并报乡(镇)人民政府和县级人民政府农业行政主管部门批准。
Article 15 Land owned by the State may be contracted out to units or individuals for farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fisheries operations. Land collectively owned by peasants may be contracted out to units or individuals who are not belonging to the corresponding collectives for farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fisheries operations.
第十五条国有土地可以由单位或者个人承包经营,从事种植业、林业、畜牧业、渔业生产。农民集体所有的土地,可以由本集体经济组织以外的单位或者个人承包经营,从事种植业、林业、畜牧业、渔业生产。
The contractees and contractors should sign land use contracts to define each other's rights and obligations. The contraced term for operation is to be agreed upon in the land use contracts. Contractors for the land operation are obliged to protect and use the land rationally according to the usages specified in the contracts.
发包方和承包方应当订立承包合同,约定双方的权利和义务。土地承包经营的期限由承包合同约定。承包经营土地的单位和个人,有保护和按照承包合同约定的用途合理利用土地的义务。
Whereas a land collectively owned by peasant is contracted out for operation to ones not belonging to the corresponding collective organizations, a consent should be got from the over two-thirds majority vote of the villagers' congress or over two-thirds of the villagers' representatives with the resulted contract being submitted to the township (town) people's government for approval.
农民集体所有的土地由本集体经济组织以外的单位或者个人承包经营的,必须经村民会议三分之二以上成员或者三分之二以上村民代表的同意,并报乡(镇)人民政府批准。
Article 16 Disputes arising from the ownership or use right of land shall be settled through consultation among parties concerned; should consultation fails, the disputes should be handled by people's governments.
第十六条土地所有权和使用权争议,由当事人协商解决;协商不成的,由人民政府处理。
Disputes among units shall be handled by the people's government at and above the county level; disputes among individuals or between individuals and units shall be handled by township level people's government or people's governments at the county level or above.
单位之间的争议,由县级以上人民政府处理;个人之间、个人与单位之间的争议,由乡级人民政府或者县级以上人民政府处理。
Whereas parties concerned refuse to accept the decisions by related people's government the dispute may be brought before the people's court within 30 days after the notification on the decision is received.
当事人对有关人民政府的处理决定不服的,可以自接到处理决定通知之日起三十日内,向人民法院起诉。
No party shall change the status quo of the land before the disputes over ownership and use right are settled.
在土地所有权和使用权争议解决前,任何一方不得改变土地利用现状。