Central Agricultural Office and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: In the process of revitalizing idle land and houses, it is necessary to fully respect the wishes of farmers and resolutely crack down on false advertising and excessive hype.

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11/11/2025
Recently, the Central Rural Office and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a policy briefing on rural issues. The meeting emphasized the need to strictly adhere to the legal and policy bottom line of rural homestead management, and resolutely implement the "two not allowed" requirements, namely, not allowing urban residents to buy rural houses or homesteads, and not allowing retired cadres to occupy land and build houses in rural areas. In the process of revitalizing idle land and houses, it is necessary to fully respect the wishes of farmers, adhere to the law, adapt measures to local conditions, ensure standardized and orderly development, and resolutely crack down on false propaganda and bottomless speculation. Land transfer rights should adhere to the principles of legality, voluntariness, and payment, and strictly prohibit the promotion of land transfer through methods such as setting quotas, setting tasks, including the transfer area and ratio in performance assessments and policy incentives. It is necessary to adhere to the principle of "major stability, minor adjustments", strengthen policy guidance and risk prevention, timely resolve conflicts and disputes, and orderly promote the 30-year extension pilot program after the expiration of the second round of land contracts. It is necessary to learn from the specific problems, strengthen inspections and rectification, improve the coordination mechanism, and promote the formation of a closed-loop supervision system for land use, planning, construction, and utilization throughout the entire process.