CHINA / Ministry Press Conference
Official: Reform land acquisition system
By Zhao Huanxin (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-03-09 06:09
Farmers should have more say in the use of massive amounts of funds
allocated for rural revival, a top planner said yesterday.
Du Ying answers questions from reporters at a press conference in Beijing
March 8, 2006. [newsphoto]
The land acquisition system must also be reformed so that the interests
of rural residents are better protected, said Vice-Minister of the
National Development and Reform Commission Du Ying.
It will be much better if the process of fund use is open, and farmers
have the right to know, supervise, and make decisions, Du said.
He was speaking at a press briefing on the sidelines of the ongoing
annual session of the National People's Congress, where senior officials
explained how a "new socialist countryside" would be built through a huge
increase in budgetary support and warned that corruption will not be
tolerated.
"The requisition and acquisition of farmland at low prices is hurting
farmers' interests, which shows our current rural land requisition system
has not adjusted to the demands of the times there must be reform," Du
said.
He revealed some departments have been conducting "in-depth research" in
recent years on a reform plan.
The basic guideline is to distinguish the purposes of land requisition
and acquisition. If the land is taken for public purposes, the
compensation levels must be raised; if it is for commercial development,
"market mechanisms" must come into play, he said.
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