Regulations on the Protection of Basic Farmland. Country/Territory China Document type Regulation Date 1994 (1998) 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 Entered into force on 1 January 1999. 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 English/Chinese References - Legislation Implements Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China. Legislation | China | 1998 (2004) Keyword: Land reform, Public land, Expropriation, Urban land, Agricultural land, Survey/mapping, Ownership, Policy/planning, Land tenure, Court/tribunal, Transfer Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Measures for investigating, monitoring and evaluating the quality of cultivated lands. Legislation | China | 2016 Keyword: Agricultural development, Farming, Agricultural land, Monitoring, Public land, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX