Illegal land use poses major threat

September 18, 2007
China Daily
By Li Fangchao

Summary: Illegal land acquisition is posing a grave threat to the country's
diminishing arable land, a senior land official warned Monday.

Improper land use also hurts farmers' interests and threatens social
stability, Gan Zangchun, deputy State land inspector-general of the
Ministry of Land and Resources, said.