Legal basis: Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Land Reclamation.
Article 4 Land reclamation shall follow the principle of "whoever destroys it will reclaim it".
Article 5 No department, unit or individual may obstruct land reclamation.
Article 6 The land administration departments of the people's governments at all levels shall be responsible for the administration, supervision and inspection of land reclamation within their respective administrative areas.
Planning and management departments at all levels are responsible for the comprehensive coordination of land reclamation; The relevant industry management departments are responsible for the formulation and implementation of land reclamation planning in this industry.
Seventh land reclamation planning should be coordinated with the overall land use planning.
The relevant industry management departments shall, when formulating the land reclamation plan, determine the land use after reclamation according to the principles of economic rationality, natural conditions and land destruction. In the urban planning area, the use of reclaimed land shall conform to the urban planning.