China will soon start a third revision of its national land
development plan, which will provide a "golden rule" for the
country's land management and urban-rural construction through
2020.
Sun Wensheng, minister of Land and
Resources, said that the revision would be based on a thorough
field survey and objective evaluation of the existing land
resources. Policy appraisal and topical workshops will also be
included in the preparatory work.
Sun, at a special symposium held Tuesday, required all
provincial branches to wrap up their evaluation of existing
development plans by December and complete data collecting and
field survey reports by next March so that a nationwide formal
revision can be started as early as possible.
Sun also stressed that current land development plans remain
valid and must be faithfully realized.
"No departments or individuals are allowed to change their
original plans without prior approval from higher authorities," he
said.
Since 1986, China has twice revised its national land
development plans, which are a crucial foundation for the central
government to conduct macro-regulation of land resources.
"With the fast development of China's economy, the previous plan
already in use for eight years is kind of behind the times and
needs to be revised," Sun said.
(Xinhua News Agency July 14, 2005)
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