Legal basis: Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 26 The state protects and improves the living environment and ecological environment, and prevents and controls pollution and other public hazards. The state organizes and encourages afforestation and protects trees.
Article 22 The state develops literature and art, journalism, radio and television, publishing and distribution, libraries, museums, cultural centers and other cultural undertakings that serve the people and socialism, and carries out mass cultural activities. The state protects historical sites, precious cultural relics and other important historical and cultural heritage.
Ninth mineral resources, water, forests, mountains, grasslands, wasteland, beaches and other natural resources belong to the state, that is, all the people; Except for forests and mountains, grasslands, wasteland and beaches that are collectively owned by the law. The state guarantees the rational utilization of natural resources and protects precious animals and plants. It is forbidden for any organization or individual to occupy or destroy natural resources by any means.
Article 10 The land in a city belongs to the state. Land in rural areas and suburban areas belongs to the collective, except that it is owned by the state according to the law; Homestead, private plots and private hills are also collectively owned.
In order to meet the needs of public interests, the state may expropriate or requisition land in accordance with the law and make compensation. No organization or individual may occupy, trade or illegally transfer land in other forms. Land use rights can be transferred in accordance with the provisions of the law. All organizations and individuals that use land must make rational use of land.