2014-06-20

China Will Register the Spratly Islands

There is English coverage here:
China’s new real estate registration system will cover disputed waters and islands in the South China Sea, according to an exclusive report from the Beijing-based Economic Observer.

Citing sources from the newly established Real Estate Registration Office of China’s Ministry of Land and Resources, the report said all territory regarded as part of China will be subjected to the new land rights system, with real estate owned by enterprises and residents living on seas and islands within Chinese territory afforded legal protection.

Specifically, the new land registration regulations stipulate that “real estate” refers to “land, sea and subsidiaries houses and other buildings, structures and forests, trees and other fixed objects.”

The rules also provide that anyone seeking to register real estate rights in the sea for the first time will need to submit a sea boundary map and project approvals, as well as relevant contracts, grants and certificates.

It has been confirmed that Sansha, a prefecture of China’s southernmost Hainan province established in 2012, will be included in the new scheme. Sansha administers, either actually or nominally, several island groups and undersea atolls in the South China Sea, comprising the Paracel (Xisha) Islands, Macclesfield Bank (Zhongsha) and Spratly (Nansha) Islands.

独家:南沙群岛等海岛将启动不动产登记
June 16, reporters from the Ministry of Land Resources (hereinafter referred to as "Homeland") Real Estate Registration Bureau: Department of Homeland way through the data exchange interface to achieve approval of real estate registration, real-time exchange trading and registration information sharing As an important part of real sea island will also be involved in the registration of real estate construction. By then, businesses and residents in the waters of the island's private estate will be protected by law. As China's most southern location, the maximum total area (including the sea area), the smallest and least populated land area three Shashi Real Estate Registration will also work. Shashi is a prefecture-level city of Hainan Province, one of three (the other two of Haikou, Sanya), has jurisdiction over the Paracel Islands, the Dongsha Islands, the Nansha reefs and waters.

The first Chapter 2, "Real Estate Registration Ordinance" Show: "real estate of this Ordinance, including land, sea and its subsidiaries houses and other buildings, structures and forests, trees and other fixed objects.

"Real Estate Registration Ordinance" Chapter V Section 42 Show: "The parties apply for the right to use the waters of the initial registration shall submit cases of sea boundary map, necessary items approved by the sea or sea use rights grant contract and pay using gold certificates and other waters . "

The two started the registration of real estate registration content of marine areas, "shot", Hainan Province Land and Resources Department, said the environment, to achieve registration approval Sea islands, trading and registration information is shared in real time interoperability work.

Reporters noted that the current registration of real estate rights registration mode will use the German model, complex patterns Australia Torrens registration mode and France deed registration mode. Specifically, land registration authority to review the documents of land registrant applications submitted upon registration enters compulsory registration status, will be awarded the right credentials, cadastral maps, and finally issued a "real estate registration book", such a step, once executed in three Shashi , real estate registration Paracel Islands in the sand, the Nansha reefs and waters will be fully integrated real estate registration information platform.

June 12, from land and resources, government and university housing construction land registration researcher, agriculture, forestry, marine and other common information platform focusing top-level design of real estate registration, property registration and registration information management platform for query-based system will be completely in 2018 achieved. Registration of real estate property will protect the waters of the island's sea island residents, property rights and laid a solid foundation for the development and construction of the waters of the island.

Meanwhile, reporters learned, registration requires careful study of marine waters, so they need from the administrative area of ​​real estate registration fees, registration information to extract the appropriate use of income funds, real estate registration establish a compensation fund to be used to advance the registration errors for damages caused to others compensation. Specific extraction ratio compensation fund of real estate registration, use and management by the financial department of the State in conjunction with the competent departments of land and resources separately, but such a move would keep the waters of the island's real estate registration accuracy.

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