Regulations of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on the Protection of Basic Farmland. Country/Territory China Territorial subdivision Ningxia Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural development Farming Agricultural land Land reform Public land Use restrictions Geographical area Asia, Eastern Asia Entry into force notes These Regulations entered into force on 1 January 2001. Abstract These Regulations aim at implementing the special protection of the basic farmland and promoting the development of agricultural production and the national economy. "Basic farmland" means cultivated land which is determined in accordance with the demand of the population of agricultural products, the needs of the national economy, as well as a forecast of the use of land for construction for specified period of time, and which shall not be occupied for other uses for a long term, or within the Full text Chinese Website www.law-lib.com