Legal basis: Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 14 Where a construction project needs land, it shall conform to the requirements of national land spatial planning, annual land use plan and use control, resource conservation and ecological environment protection, strictly implement the standards for construction land, give priority to the use of existing construction land, and improve the efficiency of construction land use.
Article 15 People's governments at all levels shall, according to the national economic and social development plan and annual plan, national land space plan, national industrial policy and the actual situation of urban and rural construction and land use, strengthen the management of land use plan, control the total amount of construction land, promote the development and utilization of existing construction land in urban and rural areas, guide the redevelopment of inefficient land in urban areas, implement the standard control system for construction land, carry out the evaluation of economical and intensive land use, and popularize and apply land-saving technologies and models.
Article 43 Any unit or individual that needs to use land for construction must apply for the use of state-owned land according to law.