How much is the compensation for the demolition of Pinglu Canal?

Fair and reasonable compensation should be given for land expropriation to ensure that the original living standards of landless farmers are not reduced and their long-term livelihood is guaranteed. Land requisition shall pay land compensation fees, resettlement subsidies and compensation fees for rural villagers' houses, other ground attachments and young crops on time and in full according to law, and arrange social security fees for landless farmers. The standards of land compensation and resettlement subsidies for requisitioning agricultural land shall be determined by the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government through the formulation and publication of comprehensive land prices in the region. The formulation of regional comprehensive land price should comprehensively consider the original land use, land resource conditions, land output value, land location, land supply and demand, population and economic and social development level and other factors, and be adjusted or re-published at least once every three years. Compensation standards for expropriation of agricultural land, ground attachments and land other than young crops shall be formulated by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. In accordance with the principle of compensation before relocation and improvement of living conditions, fair and reasonable compensation shall be given to rural villagers' houses, and the wishes of rural villagers shall be respected. Fair and reasonable compensation shall be given by rearranging housing sites, providing resettlement houses or monetary compensation, and compensation shall be paid for relocation and temporary resettlement expenses caused by expropriation, so as to protect rural villagers' right to live and legitimate property rights and interests.

Article 47 of the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China, if land is requisitioned, compensation shall be given according to the original use of the requisitioned land. Compensation for requisition of cultivated land includes land compensation fee, resettlement fee and compensation fee for attachments and young crops on the ground. The land compensation fee for expropriation of cultivated land is six to ten times the average annual output value of the cultivated land in the three years before expropriation. Farmland resettlement subsidy is calculated according to the number of agricultural population to be resettled. The number of agricultural population to be resettled shall be calculated according to the number of cultivated land expropriated divided by the average number of cultivated land occupied by each expropriated unit before land expropriation. The resettlement subsidy standard for each agricultural population in need of resettlement is four to six times the average annual output value of the cultivated land in the three years before expropriation. However, the resettlement subsidy for each hectare of cultivated land to be expropriated shall not exceed fifteen times the average annual output value of the three years before expropriation. The standards of land compensation fees and resettlement subsidies for the expropriation of other land shall be stipulated by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government with reference to the standards of land compensation fees and resettlement subsidies for the expropriation of cultivated land. The compensation standards for attachments and young crops on expropriated land shall be stipulated by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. Requisition of vegetable fields in the suburbs of cities, land units shall pay the new vegetable field development and construction fund in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state. If the payment of land compensation fees and resettlement subsidies in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of this article still fails to maintain the original living standards of farmers who need resettlement, the resettlement subsidies may be increased with the approval of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. However, the sum of land compensation fees and resettlement subsidies shall not exceed 30 times of the average annual output value of the land in the three years before expropriation. According to the level of social and economic development, under special circumstances, the State Council can raise the standards of cultivated land compensation and resettlement subsidies.