The economical and intensive use of land, the revitalization and utilization of existing land, the redevelopment of inefficient land, and urban renewal are all policies and regulations on land management put forward by the state, and the four are both different and related.
These policies, which seem to be far away from our lives, are actually closely related to each other, and are of great significance for us to understand the country's planning and direction for land management, and to guide our personal practical lives.
1.Economical and intensive use of land
The economical and intensive use of land can be said to be the basic principle of land use management, and we can find it in many laws and regulations.
Article 4 of the Urban and Rural Planning Law clearly states that "the formulation and implementation of urban and rural planning shall follow the principles of urban and rural co-ordination, rational layout, land conservation, intensive development and planning before construction." ”The "Provisions on the Economical and Intensive Utilization of Land" is the first departmental regulation in China that specifically regulates and guides the economical and intensive use of land. It was promulgated on May 22, 2014 by Order No. 61 of the Ministry of Land and Resources, and amended by the Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources on the First Batch of Repealed and Revised Departmental Regulations at the 2nd Ministerial Meeting of the Ministry of Natural Resources on July 16, 2019.Article 17 of the Land Management Law of the People's Republic of China clearly states that "improve the level of land conservation and intensive utilization".
The economical use of land is relative to the waste of land, and the focus is on improving the efficiency of land use. The intensive use of land is relative to the extensive use of land, and the focus is on improving land use patterns. Whether it is saving or intensifying, the goal of both is to improve the efficient use of land and obtain more and better benefits.
2.Revitalize and utilize the existing land
On April 9, 2020, Xinhua News Agency issued the "Opinions of the Communist Party of China on Building a More Perfect System and Mechanism for Market-oriented Allocation of Factors", which clearly stated that "encourage the revitalization of the stock of construction land".
"Stock" is relative to incremental, and refers to existing, already existing. In a broad sense, "stock land" refers to the existing land resources that have been occupied and used; In a narrow sense, it refers to the construction land that still has the potential to be used, such as idle and unused land, land that has not been fully utilized, and urban and rural construction land that has been used but has low utilization efficiency.
The revitalization and utilization of existing land resources focuses more on the redevelopment and utilization of existing land resources, rather than the development of new land resources for construction, which is conducive to protecting the rational distribution of land use types and improving the utilization efficiency of existing construction land.
3.Redevelopment of inefficient land
On September 14, 2023, the Department of Natural Resources Development and Utilization issued the Notice of the Ministry of Natural Resources on Carrying out Pilot Work on the Redevelopment of Inefficient Land
The policy of redevelopment of inefficient land seems simple and easy to understand, and as the name suggests, it is the redevelopment of inefficient land. However, what is inefficient land? What are the criteria for identifying inefficient land? These are questions that we need to dig deeper.
The Ministry of Land and Resources' Guiding Opinions on Further Promoting the Redevelopment of Urban Inefficient Land (Trial) (2016) clearly defines inefficient land as urban stock construction land that has been identified in the second national land survey as urban stock construction land with scattered layout, extensive use, unreasonable use and dilapidated construction, and requires clear ownership and no disputes.
The redevelopment of inefficient land focuses on the redevelopment of construction land that has been developed but has low land use efficiency due to various reasons in development. The main purpose is to improve land use efficiency.
4.Urban renewal
In the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it was proposed to improve the level of urban planning, construction and governance, accelerate the transformation of the development mode of megacities, implement urban renewal actions, strengthen urban infrastructure construction, and build livable, resilient and smart cities.
Generally speaking, urban renewal is to transform the part of the city that is not suitable for urban development through a certain way, so that it can adapt to the development of the city. There are three main ways of urban renewal: redevelopment, remediation and improvement, and protection. Through urban renewal, the city will be promoted to develop in the direction of higher quality.
In general,The four policies described in this article have their own focus, but they also have commonalities. These policies were put forward in the social background at that time, adapted to the needs of the development and changes of the times, and had the purpose of improving land use efficiency, which was conducive to promoting the better development of urban and rural areas. Whether it is past experience or ongoing practice, it is of great significance for the high-quality development of urban and rural areas proposed in the context of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
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