《中华人民共和国土地管理法》经第九届全国人大常委会修订通过,并公布施行。社会各界人士普遍认为,新的《土地管理法》从三个方面体现了“用最严厉的措施保护耕地”的原则:一是从体制上加强了国家和省级政府管理土地的权力和职能,将耕地审批权收到国务院和省级政府。二是建立健全了 The Land Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China was approved by the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People’s Congress and promulgated and implemented. The general public believes that the new Land Management Law embodies the principle of “protecting arable land with the toughest measures” from three aspects. First, it strengthens the powers and functions of the state and provincial governments in managing the land systematically. The cultivated land examination and approval authority received the State Council and the provincial government. Second, establish and improve