Chinese Urban Transformation

3The Land Property Rights System and Land Administration

The Land Property Rights System¹

China’s land system is different from that of most other nations in the world. Land property rights are subdivided into the right to use, the right to earnings, and the right of disposal. The Law of Land Administration of the People’s Republic of China stipulates that:²

the People’s Republic of China implements a socialist public ownership of land, i.e. the ownership by all people and the collective ownership by working people

and that:

urban land shall be owned by all people (i.e. by the country) and rural and suburban land, except otherwise legally designated to the country, shall be collectively owned, including land for building houses, land ...