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• 11 Mar 07
  

  Anders Tunold Kråkenes

  
  the latest draft, unlike the 2005 version, gives farmers the right to renew their land-use leases after they expire. Unlike urban land, which is state-owned with usage rights granted for periods of between 40 and 70 years, rural land is “collectively

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  • The armed forces, however, get a bigger boost. The budget presented to the NPC calls for a nearly 18% increase in military spending this year to 347 billion yuan. Most analysts believe this is far less than China's true spending. The armed forces have enjoyed double-digit budget increases for most of the past 15 years. The leadership knows well whom it really needs to keep happy.
  • the latest draft, unlike the 2005 version, gives farmers the right to renew their land-use leases after they expire. Unlike urban land, which is state-owned with usage rights granted for periods of between 40 and 70 years, rural land is “collectively” owned. Farmers are given 30-year leases (though often no supporting documents) to use plots of land.

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