National Land Registration Rules. Country/Territory China Document type Regulation Date 1989 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Registration Land tenure Ownership Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract These Rules are enacted to establish a land registration system to safeguard the socialist public ownership of land and protect the legitimate rights and interests of land users and landowners. The Rules consisting of 49 articles divided into 5 Chapters: General provisions; Initial land registration; Change of land registration; Land registration documents; Supplementary provisions. Full text Chinese Website www.law-lib.com References - Legislation Implements Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China. Legislation | China | 1998 (2019) Keyword: Land reform, Public land, Expropriation, Urban land, Agricultural land, Survey/mapping, Ownership, Policy/planning, Land tenure, Court/tribunal, Transfer, Framework law, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Land-use planning, Registration, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX