It is a serious illegal act to occupy collective land without authorization and transform the homestead for profit. It is illegal to fill the drainage pits owned by rural collectives and own them by individuals. In rural areas, rivers and ponds that have been formed naturally for a long time in history belong to the state, and no individual or organization may arbitrarily occupy them. It is illegal to bury them without permission.
Legal basis:
Land Management Law of the People's Republic of China
Sixty-second rural villagers can only own one homestead, and the area of their homestead shall not exceed the standards stipulated by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government.
In areas where per capita land is small and it is impossible to guarantee one household and one house, the people's government at the county level can take measures to ensure that rural villagers live in houses on the basis of fully respecting the wishes of rural villagers and in accordance with the standards stipulated by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
Rural villagers building houses shall conform to the overall land use planning and township (town) village planning, and shall not occupy permanent basic farmland, and try to use the original homestead and village parents. The overall land use planning and village planning of townships (towns) shall make overall planning and reasonable arrangement of homestead, and improve the living environment and conditions of rural villagers.
Rural residential land, approved by the township (town) people's government; Among them, those involving the occupation of agricultural land shall go through the examination and approval procedures in accordance with the provisions of Article 44 of this Law.
After the rural villagers sell, rent or donate their houses, they will not be approved if they apply for the homestead again.
The state allows rural villagers who have settled in cities to voluntarily withdraw from their homesteads with compensation according to law, and encourages rural collective economic organizations and their members to actively use idle homesteads and idle houses.
The competent department of agriculture and rural areas in the State Council is responsible for the reform and management of rural housing sites throughout the country.