摘要
"Arable land is the country’s most valuable asset...we should protect it the way we protect pandas."Chinese President Xi Jinping recently urged authorities to implement the strictest rules possible on farmland.He demanded more effective measures to regulate the"land for land"scheme,which requires local governments to make arable an area of land equal to the existing farmland to be appropriated for non-farming purposes.China’s arable land stood at two billion mu(about 135.
＂Arable land is the country＇s most valuable asset...we should protect it the way we protect pandas.”Chinese President Xi Jinping recently urged authorities to implement the strictest rules possible on farmland.He demanded more effective measures to regulate the＂land for land＂scheme,which requires local governments to make arable an area of land equal to the existing farmland to be appropriated for non-farming purposes.
