Provisions of Zhejiang Province for the Management of Port Coastlines.

These Provisions, consisting of 25 Articles, aim at strengthening the management of port coastlines and promoting the protection and rational exploitation and utilization of port coastline resources.
The provincial transport administrative department shall be responsible for the supervision over the port coastlines management in this Province (art. 4). The requirements for formulating the detailed regulatory plans for port districts are given by Article 6. The utilization of port coastlines shall comply with the provincial port layout planning, overall port planning and the detailed regulatory plans for port districts (art.7). The remaining articles make provisions, inter alia, for application for, examination and approval of, and registration on the permit of the utilization of port coastlines by the port facilities projects; supervision and inspection; and offences and liabilities.
According to Article 15, should the port coastlines be used by port facilities projects providing the right to the use of state-owned land and sea areas through bid invitation, auction, listing or other public competitions, the land and resources and marine and fishery administrative departments shall incorporate the requirements with respect to the utilization of port coastlines into the plan for assignment of the right to the use of state-owned construction land and sea areas. The base price of the right to the use of the state-owned construction land and sea areas shall measure up to the use value of the port coastlines.