Legal information

Basic process: land acquisition application → policy review → survey and demarcation → release of land acquisition pre-announcement → land acquisition investigation → social security situation investigation → review of social security plan → organize land acquisition hearing → land acquisition approval → pay the approval fee

Land expropriation mainly refers to the compulsory requisition of land collectively owned by farmers in accordance with legal procedures by the state out of public interest needs, and a one-time monetary compensation to the land requisitioned (including land owners, use rights holders, and land contract developers, contractors, subcontractors, etc.) according to the compensation standards, and some must also provide necessary employment placement as required. Generally speaking, as long as it is necessary for public interests, compulsory expropriation can be carried out on land collectively owned by farmers. However, in order to protect cultivated land, my country strictly controls the conversion of cultivated land into non-cultivated land. Land expropriation mainly refers to the compulsory expropriation of land collectively owned by farmers in accordance with legal procedures by the state out of public interest needs, and a one-time monetary compensation is given to the land requisitioned (including land owners, use rights holders, and land contract developers, contractors, subcontractors, etc.) according to the compensation standards. Some must also provide necessary employment placement as required.

Legal basis:

Article 22 of the Land Management Law

Chapter 8 of the Implementation Regulations of the Land Management Law

Article 16 of the "Land Acquisition Announcement Measures"