According to the second paragraph of Article 17 in Chapter III of the Regulations on the Protection of Basic Farmland, it is forbidden for any unit or individual to occupy basic farmland to develop forestry and fruit industry and dig ponds to raise fish. Eighteenth prohibit any unit or individual idle and barren basic farmland. If a unit or individual contracted to operate basic farmland abandoned cultivated land for two consecutive years, the original employer shall terminate the contract and return the contracted basic farmland. Whether the cultivated land involved in agriculture belongs to basic farmland should be determined according to the local overall land use planning. Please consult the local land bureau for details.

land management law

Article 36:

Non-agricultural construction must save land. Those who can use wasteland shall not occupy cultivated land. Those who can use inferior land shall not occupy good land.

It is forbidden to occupy cultivated land to build kilns and graves, or to build houses, dig sand, quarry, mine or borrow soil on cultivated land without authorization.

It is forbidden to occupy basic farmland to develop forestry and fruit industry and dig ponds to raise fish.