Measures of the People's Republic of China for the Administration of the Certificates of the Right to Contracted Management of Rural Land.

These Measures , consisting of 23 Articles, are enacted in accordance with the “Law of the People's Republic of China on Contracted Management of Rural Land”, aiming to stabilize and improve the relationship of contracted management of rural land, defend the contractors' lawful right to contracted management of land, and strengthen the administration of the certificates of the right to contracted management of rural land.
A certificate of the right to contracted management of rural land is a legal document for the contractor to enjoy the right to contracted management of land after the contract on contracted management of rural land becomes effective, and upon lawful ratification of the State. If contracting such rural land as cultivated land, parks, barren hills, barren valleys or waste beaches, etc. to engage in planting production activities, the contractor shall, after having lawfully obtained the right to contracted management of rural land, be issued a certificate of the right to contracted management of rural land for the sake of ratification.
A contractor who undertakes household contracted management shall be issued a certificate of the right to contracted management of rural land by the local people's government at the county level or above. A contractor who undertakes contracted management by other means shall, after lawful registration, be issued the certificate of the right to contracted management of rural land by the local people's government at the county level or above. The Measures further make provisions for: the valid period and the registration book of a certificate of the right to contracted management of rural land, procedures for issuing the certificate, etc.