Beijing Municipal Bureau of Land and Resources has the following major responsibilities:
1. Formulate the municipal land and mineral resources development strategy; submit municipal draft regulations on administration of land and mineral resources.
2.Revise the municipal overall and annual plans of land use; guide and approve overall plans of land use at the county/district and township/village levels; organize land supply plans.
3.Oversee special protections of cultivated land and capital farmland, and administration of land use, land development, revitalization and reclamation; oversee land for construction projects; organize land resources survey and dynamic monitoring; administer land titles, land registrations and grading; deal with administrative licensing in land management.
4.Administer the land market, draft plans for first-grade developments of land and reserve purchases; set the city's benchmark land price, set the price for transfers of land use rights, and direct evaluations of land prices; organize public bidding, auctions and transfers of the right to use state land for commercial purposes.
5.Administer mineral resources and geological prospecting in Beijing; develop plans on mineral resources, utilization and protections; manage mineral resources reserves and organize mineral resources registration, statistics and data analysis; register geological prospecting results and manage geological data; exercise administrative licensing power as prescribed by law in the field of mineral resources and geological prospecting.
6.Oversee the city's geological protection; make work plans and emergency plans of geological disasters; manage groundwater quality monitoring stations and networks; manage prospecting, exploration and protections of geothermal resources; coordinate environmental rehabilitation efforts in the aftermath of major geological disasters; handle administrative licensing for geological disaster control.
7.Enforce laws on the city's land and mineral resources and crack down on violations. Deal with disputes over land ownership, and prospecting and mining rights.
8.Make plans for scientific and technological developments, concerning the city's land and mineral resources; maintain a data system on land and mineral resources and information, archives and comprehensive statistics.
9.Undertake other duties assigned by the Beijing Municipal Government.
Contact:
Address: No 2, Hepingli North Street, Dongcheng district, Beijing
Postal code: 100013
Tel: +86 10 6440 9669; +86 10 6440 9789
Opening hours: Working days: 9:00-12:00, 14:00-17:30
Website:http://www.bjgtj.gov.cn/english/tabid/2942/Default.aspx?returnurl=%2ftabid%2f62%2fDefault.aspx