The National Cultivated Land Maintains 1.824 Million Acres for Three Consecutive Years

Recently, the Ministry of Land and Resources released the 2011 national land change survey data. According to the survey data, as of December 31, 2011, the total cultivated land in the country was 18.8726 million mu. Industry insiders pointed out that since 2009, the country’s cultivated land reserves have remained above 1.824 billion mu for three consecutive years, which indicates that the country’s target of 1.818 billion mu of cultivated land ownership at the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period has been effectively protected.

According to the survey data, in 2011, the total cultivated land in the country was reduced by 5.327 million mu, of which 4.85 million mu were occupied for construction, 335,000 mu were destroyed by disasters, and 142,000 mu were ecologically rehabilitated; the amount of farmland increased by 4.837 million mu over the same period, and the increase and decrease were offset by a net decrease in cultivated area. 49.0 million mu. By the end of 2011, the total cultivated land in the country was 18.8726 million mu. In 2011, the net increase in construction land in China was 9.541 million mu, of which 8.353 million mu were approved in accordance with the law, and 1.725 million mu were constructed without approval, reducing the use of land to 627,000 mu. In 2011, the unused land in the country was developed into 2.619 million mu of agricultural land and 1.909 million mu was used for construction.