What are the regulations on the service life of land for public facilities?

According to Article 12 of the Provisional Regulations on Assignment and Transfer of Urban State-owned Land Use Rights, the maximum term of assignment of land use rights is determined according to the following purposes:

(1) The residential land is 70 years.

(2) 50 years of industrial land.

(3) 50 years of land for education, science and technology, culture, health and sports.

(4) 40 years of commercial, tourism and entertainment land.

(5) Comprehensive or other land use for 50 years.

When the land use right expires, the land user may apply for renewal. If it is necessary to renew the contract, it shall re-sign the contract in accordance with the provisions, pay the transfer fee for the land use right, and register.

It is reported that before the promulgation of the Property Law, according to the provisions of Article 21 of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Urban Real Estate Management Law on July 5, 1994, those who apply for the renewal of the land use right shall re-sign the land use right transfer contract and pay the land use right transfer fee according to the regulations.

In other words, according to the previous regulations, the renewal of land use rights needs to pay a certain fee. After the promulgation of the Property Law, although it is stipulated that it can be automatically renewed, the standard and method of payment of land use fees for renewal are actually not clearly stipulated.

Especially in March 2007, the Land Management Law (Revised Draft for Comment) began to solicit opinions within a certain scope. Compared with the draft, the exposure draft changed "automatic renewal for free" to "automatic renewal in accordance with relevant state regulations".

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-land use years