Routine land inspections have covered nearly 80% of cities and counties nationwide

A reporter recently learned from the Office of the National Land Chief Inspector that from 2008 to 2014, the national land inspection agencies carried out routine land inspection work in 2,275 counties (cities and districts), covering 79.7% of the country's counties (cities and districts). Through routine inspections, local governments were urged to supplement 334,400 mu of cultivated land, designate an additional 1,111,900 mu of basic farmland, file and investigate 57,800 illegal land cases, and ensure the implementation of 4.527 billion yuan in social security funds for farmers whose land was expropriated, among other things.

This year is the eighth year of routine land inspections, and the Office of the National Land Chief Inspector summarized the inspection work carried out over the past 7 years. The summary shows that land inspection agencies have carried out routine inspections in 30 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), 5 cities with independent planning status, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, involving a total of 264 cities and 2 divisions of the Corps, accounting for 78.9% of the country's prefecture-level administrative divisions. Among them, 6 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), namely Jilin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guizhou, Shaanxi, and Ningxia, have basically achieved full coverage of routine inspections, and 40 cities including Pulandian City in Dalian have carried out two rounds of routine inspections.

Over the past 7 years, the national land inspection agencies have urged local governments to supplement 334,400 mu of cultivated land, designate an additional 1,111,900 mu of basic farmland, and return 264,900 mu of land to cultivation; pushed localities to file and investigate 57,800 illegal land cases, demolish 26,799,100 sq m of illegal construction, impose Party discipline and administrative discipline sanctions on 15,800 people, and transfer 1,845 people to judicial organs for accountability; and urged the recovery of 106.497 billion yuan in land transfer fees, the distribution of 10.145 billion yuan in land expropriation compensation fees, and the implementation of 4.527 billion yuan in social security funds. Localities were urged to revoke 4,593 illegal administrative licenses of land-related departments and newly formulate 3,420 regulatory documents.