Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No.8 The Land Administration law of the People's Republic of China, revised and adopted at the 4th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on August 29, 1998, is hereby promulgated and shall enter into force as of January 1, 1999.

Jiang Zemin

President of the People's Republic of China

August 29, 1998


Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China
(Adopted at the 16th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress on June 25, 1986, amended in accordance with the Decision on Revising the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China made by the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress at its 5th Meeting held on December 29, 1998, and revised at the 4th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on August 29, 1998)
Contents
Chapter ¢ñ General Provisions
Chapter ¢ò Ownership of Land and Right to the Use of Land
Chapter ¢ó Overall Plans for Land Utilization
Chapter ¢ô Protection of Cultivated Land
Chapter ¢õ Land to Be Used for Construction
Chapter ¢ö Supervision and Inspection
Chapter ¢÷ Legal Responsibility
Chapter ¢ø Supplementary Provisions