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China Sets New Rules for Land Used in Facility Agriculture
China’s natural resources, agriculture, and forestry agencies issued new rules for land used in facility agriculture.
The rules use a positive list to sort facilities by how they affect land and serve farm production.
Facilities that do not damage cultivated soil can keep the land’s existing use, while certain facilities that do damage it must be registered as agricultural land.
Facilities not on the list must go through construction land approval.
The rules encourage locating facilities on unused or vacant land, while allowing some use of cultivated land outside permanent basic farmland.
Registration will be handled at county level, with stricter oversight across the land-use process.
Provincial authorities will set detailed local requirements, and unused facility land should be restored to its original use.
China’s natural resources, agriculture and forestry agencies have issued new rules for land used in facility agriculture.
The rules distinguish land uses through a positive list and set different requirements for approval.
Facilities that do not damage cultivated soil layers can remain under their original land-use designation without land-use procedures.
Facilities that damage cultivated soil layers and directly serve agricultural production must be registered as facility agricultural land.
The rules also set siting, scale, registration and monitoring requirements, with county-level authorities taking a larger role.
- Who
- China’s Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
- What
- They jointly issued a notice revising the management of land used for facility agriculture.
- When
- The notice was issued recently; the report was published on Nov. 2, 2026.
- Where
- China.
- Why
- To support agricultural production, increase farmers’ output and income, and promote agricultural modernization and rural revitalization.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The three agencies jointly issued the notice on facility agricultural land management.
China News Service reported the notice’s provisions.
- Issuing agencies
- Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and National Forestry and Grassland Administration
- Report date
- Nov. 2, 2026
- Registration level
- County-level authorities
- Siting options
- Unused land, existing construction land and vacant land are encouraged for facility agriculture
- Monitoring
- Provincial natural resources authorities are to establish management modules using the territorial spatial planning system
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What people are saying
The notice requires distinguishing forms of facility agriculture through a positive list for the use of land by facility agriculture.
Facilities that do not damage the cultivated soil layer are managed according to the original land use and do not need land-use procedures.