Property Law of the People's Republic of China. Country/Territory China Document type Legislation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Fisheries, Land & soil, Mineral resources, Sea Keyword Agricultural land Aquaculture Access right Framework law Cadastre/land registration Land tenure Minerals Mining Natural gas Oil Management/conservation Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Law is enacted in accordance with the Constitution Law, aiming at safeguarding the basic economic system of the state, maintaining the socialist market economic order, clarifying property ownerships, giving play to the utilities of properties and protecting the real right of the right holders. This Law shall apply to the civil relationships generated from the ownership and utilization of properties. The Law consists of 247 articles divided into 5 Parts: General Provisions (I); Ownership (II); Usufructuary Rights (III); Real Rights for Security (IV); Possession (V). Full text Chinese Website www.gov.cn