Legal basis: Article 28 of the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China The state establishes a land statistics system. The statistical agencies of the people's governments at or above the county level and the competent departments of natural resources shall conduct land statistical surveys according to law and publish land statistical data on a regular basis. Land owners or users shall provide relevant information, and shall not refuse to report or report late, and shall not provide untrue or incomplete information. The statistical data of land area released by statistical agencies and natural resources departments is the basis for people's governments at all levels to compile the overall land use planning.