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China issues real estate registration rules

​The State Council, China's Cabinet, has issued provisional regulations on real estate registration, according to a statement released on Monday.

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Combine top-level design with local innovations, Xi says

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for the combination of top-level design and local innovations in comprehensively advancing the country's reforms.

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China supports citizens suing government over land compensation

China's top legislature aims to expand the people's right to sue the government if authorities fail to fulfill contracts signed with citizens over land issues.

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China contributes greatly to global food security

As the most populous country in the world, China has successfully delivered millions of people from hunger and is helping other countries achieve food security.

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China relocates 5,000 people to protect cranes

More than 5,000 people are to be relocated in northeast China to protect a colony of red-crowned crane, a species with a population of only 2,000 in the world.

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China eyes villages in property registration

Chinese authorities on Sunday issued a notice to step up registration of rural land use rights and property above the land, along with such efforts in cities.

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China endeavors to ensure food security

After reaping his wheat field this summer, Ma Yuxi is not rushing back to China's coastal cities to work odd jobs as he has in other years.

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48 killed in Taiwan plane crash

Forty-eight people have been confirmed dead and 10 others injured in a plane crash on western Taiwan's Penghu Island, amid stormy weather, authorities confirmed on Thursday.

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Chilling house market cools land sales

China's chilling property market has started to affect the price of land, cooling sales in Chinese cities in the second quarter, according to a monitoring report by the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) on Wednesday.

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E-commerce firms set foot on land circulation

For the past 50 years, Hu Shaobai has been toiling on a piece of farmland, planting rice and rapeseed. "Finally I can get a rest," he said, as he has recently transferred the land to an e-commerce company.

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Deadly land disputes reveal urbanization enigmas

A land dispute in east China's Shandong has claimed one life and injured three people, a warning that strains are starting to show in the urbanization drive.

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China to launch unified property registration

China will launch unified national property registration this year to regulate the real estate market and push forward urbanization.

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Farmland protection concerns Chinese lawmakers

China's 3.3 million hectares of land was not suitable for plantation due to varying degrees of pollution. Authorities face an uphill battle because of worsening soil and water pollution, urbanization, and land transfers for non-grain crops.

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Chinese farmers look to more land reform

While tens of thousands of rural Chinese have flocked to big cities for higher salaries, Lei Yingguo's decision to pursue green agriculture in the country has paid off, if only financially.

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32 injured in clash between police, protesters in Brazil

At least 30 police officers and two protesters were injured during a protest here on Wednesday, local media reported.

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7 soldiers injured in S. Philippine land mine blast

Seven soldiers were injured after a land mine, which was believed to have been planted by members of the leftist rebel group New People's Army (NPA), exploded in southern Philippines on Friday, a military official said.

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Polluted farmland restored for food safety

Arable land contaminated by heavy metals across China will be withdrawn from agricultural production, said a senior Chinese agricultural official on Wednesday.