Measures for the administration of administrative divisions and the handling of border disputes in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the administration of administrative divisions in our region, properly handle border disputes, maintain social stability, and promote economic development, these measures are formulated in accordance with the Regulations on the Administration of Administrative Divisions of the State Council (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) and the Regulations on the Handling of Administrative Regional Border Disputes (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) issued by the State Council, combined with the actual situation of our region. Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the adjustment, change and renaming of administrative divisions in our district, the relocation of government stations, the handling of disputes over administrative boundaries, the delineation of administrative boundaries and the management of administrative division files. Article 3 Administrative divisions shall remain relatively stable. When changes are needed, we should adhere to the principle of being conducive to socialist modernization and national unity. Article 4 The responsibility system for administrative divisions shall be graded, and the people's governments at all levels shall exercise management power within their respective administrative areas.

Civil affairs departments at all levels are the competent departments of administrative divisions of the people's governments at the same level. Chapter II Administration of Administrative Divisions Article 5 The administrative divisions of autonomous regions are as follows:

(a) Division of autonomous cities (prefecture level) and counties (cities);

(two) the city (prefecture level) is divided into counties (districts);

(3) Counties (cities) are divided into townships and towns. Article 6 The people's government of the autonomous region may, according to the needs and with the approval of the State Council, set up an administrative office by region, which is the agency of the people's government of the autonomous region.

With the approval of the people's government at the next higher level, cities (counties) and municipal districts may set up several sub-district offices as their agencies. Seventh administrative divisions change approval authority:

(a) the following changes in administrative divisions shall be submitted to the State Council for approval by the people's government of the autonomous region:

1. the change of the administrative boundaries of the autonomous region and the relocation of the resident of the people's government of the autonomous region;

2. Renaming of administrative office and relocation of resident;

3. The establishment, cancellation, renaming and change of affiliation of cities, counties and municipal districts, and the relocation of the seat of the county (city) people's government;

4 county (city) major adjustment and change of administrative boundaries.

(two) the change of the following administrative divisions shall be reported to the people's government of the autonomous region for approval by the municipal and administrative offices:

1. Change of administrative boundaries of counties (cities) and municipal districts;

2 township (town) establishment, cancellation, renaming, relocation of resident and change of administrative boundaries.

(3) Changes in the following administrative divisions shall be examined and approved by the regional administrative office and the local municipal people's government:

1. Local adjustment and change of administrative boundaries of townships (towns);

2. Renaming, revocation and relocation of sub-district offices.

(four) the establishment, alteration and renaming of villagers' committees and residents' committees shall be examined and approved by the county (city, district) people's government. Eighth changes in administrative divisions must be reported to the people's government at a higher level, including:

(a) the change report, including the reasons for the change, regional scope, affiliation, political, economic and cultural status, population and area figures;

(2) A map of the administrative boundaries to be changed. Ninth people's governments at all levels approved the administrative division change documents and drawings should be reported to the people's government at the next higher level and the civil affairs department for the record. Tenth documents and drawings of the people's governments at all levels on the adjustment and change of administrative divisions belong to the national archives and should be strictly managed. Without the approval of the Civil Affairs Department of the autonomous region, the map of administrative divisions at or above the county level shall not be copied or published. Article 11 Natural resources in administrative areas at all levels belong to the state. * * * Development and utilization shall be managed by administrative divisions, and the local people's governments at or above the county level shall exercise management power. Article 12 All land used by agriculture, forestry, pasture, industrial and mining enterprises and other units in our region, regardless of their affiliation, shall be subject to the management of the local people's government. Article 13. After relocation and stability, the relocated people across administrative regions in our region shall be handed over to the people's government of the county where they moved in after the establishment of the administrative system and the division of administrative regions. Chapter III Handling of Border Disputes Article 14 Border disputes refer to disputes between provinces and autonomous regions, between cities and counties, between townships and towns, and between the people's governments of both sides on the boundaries of adjacent administrative regions. Article 15 After a border dispute occurs, the people's governments on both sides of the dispute must take effective measures to prevent the situation from expanding. It is forbidden to gather people to make trouble and fight to hurt people; It is strictly forbidden to plunder or destroy the property of the state, the collective and the individual.

When a group dispute occurs, the people's governments of both parties to the dispute must immediately send people to the scene to investigate and deal with it, and report to the people's governments at the next higher level of both parties to the dispute. Article 16 Border disputes shall be settled by the people's governments of both parties to the dispute through consultation, taking into account the actual situation, the production and life of local people, seeking truth from facts, mutual understanding and accommodation.

If the two parties to the dispute fail to reach an agreement through consultation, the two parties shall submit their respective solutions together with the topographic map of the boundary line to the people's government at the next higher level for handling.

Border disputes accepted by the people's governments at the next higher level on both sides of the dispute shall be mediated by the civil affairs department in conjunction with relevant departments; If mediation fails, the civil affairs department shall, jointly with relevant departments, propose a solution and report it to the people's government at the same level for decision. Seventeenth basis for handling border disputes:

(a) the administrative division documents or boundary topographic maps approved by the people's governments at all levels in the State Council and the autonomous region;

(two) the documents of the people's governments at higher levels on both sides of the dispute to resolve the border dispute and the attached topographic map of the border line;

(three) the agreement between the people's governments of the two parties to the dispute to resolve the border dispute and the attached topographic map of the border line.