New regulations on rural land under the 2024 Land Law

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Rural residential land is residential land currently used by households and individuals in rural areas, including land for building houses, construction of works serving daily life, gardens, ponds and plots of land in rural residential areas in accordance with land use planning and rural residential area construction planning approved by competent State agencies.

Article 195The 2024 Land Law stipulates rural residential land as follows:

1. Rural residential land is land used for housing and other purposes serving life on the same plot of land in a rural area.

2. Based on the land fund and actual situation of the locality, the Provincial People's Committee shall prescribe the limit for land allocation to individuals in rural areas.

3. Residential land in rural areas must be arranged synchronously with land used for the purpose of constructing public works and public works to ensure convenience for production, people's lives, environmental sanitation and towards rural modernization.

4. The State has policies to create conditions for people living in rural areas to have accommodation on the basis of utilizing land in existing residential areas, limiting the expansion of residential areas on agricultural land.