Interim Measures for Land Requisition Compensation and Resettlement of South-to-North Water Transfer Project Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China and other relevant laws and regulations in order to standardize the land requisition compensation and resettlement work of the main project of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (hereinafter referred to as the South-to-North Water Diversion Project), safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of immigrants and ensure the smooth progress of the project construction.

Article 2 Carry out the policy of development immigration, adhere to the people-oriented principle, and properly resettle immigrants according to the principle of combining early compensation, subsidies and late support to ensure that the living standards of immigrants will not be reduced after resettlement.

Third South-to-North Water Diversion Project should follow the principles of openness, fairness and justice, and accept social supervision.

Fourth South-to-North Water Diversion Project construction land acquisition compensation and resettlement work, the implementation of the State Council South-to-North Water Diversion Project Construction Committee leadership, the provincial people's government is responsible for, county-based, project legal person participation management system. The relevant local people's governments at all levels shall determine the corresponding competent departments (hereinafter referred to as competent departments) to undertake the compensation and resettlement work for land acquisition in the construction of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project within their respective administrative areas.