Ministry of Land and Resources

6 May 2013

A new document aiming to cut costs and streamline operations at China’s top authority for land and resource planning included a decree ordering officials to keep wining and dining to canteens.

4:58AM

Former Shandong governor Jiang Daming is head of land and resources

17 Mar 2013

He has been a top leader in Shandong, a big base for agricultural production and marine industry, since 1998, when he was transferred from the central committee of the Communist Youth League to...

7:01AM

Briefs, January 19, 2013

19 Jan 2013

China discovered more than 1.4 billion tonnes of new proven oil reserves last year, its third-highest annual haul ever, while its proven reserves of natural gas rose by a record of nearly 900...

5:12AM

Minimums set on China shale gas exploration

7 Nov 2012

Winning bidders at auctions for the second round of shale gas development rights will be asked to surrender their rights if they fail to invest at least 30,000 yuan (HK$37,200) per square...

3:36AM

State agencies reveal spending

20 Jul 2012

A central government official may easily spend more than his annual salary on business trips and official banquets, according to figures released by several ministries yesterday.

9:49PM

Beijing lists local cadres punished for land misuse

9 Jul 2011

Mainland authorities have published the first list of local government officials punished over the misuse of land, but most of the more than 70 officials got 'warnings' and 'demerit records' -...

2:22PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Local governments warned on speculation rules

The Ministry of Land and Resources has urged local governments to implement strictly measures to curb property speculation.

6:25AM

Land-use abusers to be targeted

China will step up efforts to punish widespread abuses of land use in a bid to preserve the country's diminishing supply of arable land, a senior Ministry of Supervision official said yesterday...

1:29PM

State rejects 32pc of land-use applications

Beijing has increased efforts to save the dwindling supply of arable land by rejecting almost 32 per cent of land-use applications this year.

11:43AM

Lump-sum land-use fee seeks to curb hoarding

Beijing is stepping up efforts to stabilise property prices, requiring developers to pay lump-sum land-use fees up front instead of in instalments before issuing registration permits.

7:35AM

16 cases of illegal land use revealed

The Ministry of Land and Resources yesterday made public 16 cases of illegal land use but has said only officials in four cases have been referred to courts for criminal investigation.

6:22AM

Compensation for farmland falls short

Central government efforts to save the mainland's dwindling supply of arable land from urbanisation have suffered a setback, after checks reveal that local governments are not complying fully...

1:21AM