China to continue with rural land registrations

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- China will continue to carry out registrations regarding the ownership and management rights of rural land to offer legal protection to farmers, the country's first policy document for 2013 says.

China will improve registration systems for farmer's management rights of contracted land and it aims to complete the work in five years, according to the document released Thursday.

The registration is intended to offer legal proof to farmers in cases of land transfers.

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