Measures for mediation of grassland disputes in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province

Article 1 In order to timely and properly mediate grassland disputes in Autonomous Prefecture, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of farmers and herdsmen, and maintain social stability in agricultural and pastoral areas, these measures are formulated in accordance with the Grassland Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Provisions of the State Council on Handling Administrative Region Border Disputes and other laws and regulations, and combined with the actual situation of Autonomous Prefecture. Article 2 The grassland disputes mentioned in these Measures refer to disputes between villagers, villages, townships (towns and fields) and townships (towns and fields), and counties (cities) on grassland management and use.

These Measures shall also apply to disputes over grazing roads and water sources delineated in grassland contracting. Article 3 Mediation of grassland disputes shall adhere to the principles of being conducive to national unity, unified management, protection and utilization of grassland resources by people's governments at all levels in autonomous prefectures, respect for history and mediation according to law. Fourth the State Council, the provincial people's government and the state people's government designated and approved administrative boundaries at all levels and contracted grassland management boundaries, the neighboring parties must strictly abide by. The right to use and operate grasslands is protected by law. Fifth grassland disputes by the local people's governments and villagers' committees on both sides of the grassland dispute is responsible for mediation. State, county (city) civil affairs department is the competent department of the people's government at the same level to mediate grassland disputes. Sixth the following documents and materials are the basis for mediation and handling of grassland disputes:

(a) the provincial administrative boundary agreement approved by the State Council and the attached drawings.

(two) the county-level administrative boundary agreement approved by the provincial people's government and the attached drawings.

(three) the agreement on the boundaries of township administrative areas approved by the people's government of Autonomous Prefecture and the attached drawings.

(four) documents and drawings of the people's governments at higher levels on both sides of the grassland dispute.

(5) An area that belongs to an administrative region but is not connected with the administrative region, or an area that is used and managed by one party but is adjacent to the administrative region, shall be used and managed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the administrative boundary agreement signed by the relevant people's government or the decision of the administrative boundary approval authority.

(six) the agreement on the use of grasslands approved by the people's governments at higher levels on both sides of the dispute.

(seven) the grassland contract and grassland use certificate. Seventh county (city) and township (town) people's governments must promptly mediate grassland disputes within their jurisdiction. After a grassland dispute occurs, the local people's governments on both sides of the dispute must immediately send people to the scene to investigate and deal with it, and take effective measures to prevent the situation from expanding. Major grassland disputes should be reported in writing to the people's government at the next higher level within the same day. Before the grassland dispute is resolved, the local people's governments of the two parties to the dispute shall negotiate to delimit the temporary shelving area, and both parties must evacuate the disputed area. It is forbidden to destroy grasslands and their facilities, plunder public and private property, gather people to make trouble, and fight and hurt people.

Public security organs are responsible for social security in grassland disputed areas. Eighth grassland dispute mediation system. Grassland disputes between farmers and herdsmen and villagers' groups (natural villages) shall be settled through mediation by villagers' committees; Grassland disputes between villages shall be mediated by the township (town) people's government; Grassland disputes between counties (cities) and townships (towns and fields) shall be settled by both parties through consultation; If negotiation fails, it shall be submitted to the county (city) people's government for a ruling; Grassland disputes between counties (cities) shall be settled by both parties through consultation. If negotiation fails, it shall be reported to the state people's government for a ruling. Ninth state, county (city) people's government accepted the grassland dispute cases, by the civil affairs department in conjunction with the competent department of grassland mediation. If mediation fails, the civil affairs department shall, jointly with the competent grassland department, put forward a solution and report it to the people's government at the same level for adjudication. Tenth grassland disputes between the two sides and the local people's government reached an agreement, signed by the representatives of both sides and the local people's government. Article 11 Where the grassland dispute mediation agreement reached between the two parties and the local people's governments of both parties or the ruling made by the people's governments at higher levels of both parties involves the change of administrative boundaries or the change of the affiliation of villagers' groups (natural villages), it shall be handled in accordance with the examination and approval authority and procedures for the change of administrative boundaries in the Regulations on the Administration of Administrative Divisions of the State Council. Twelfth state, county (city), township (town) people's governments and villagers' committees should play the role of grassroots mediation organizations in mediating grassland disputes. When necessary, celebrities from all walks of life can be invited to participate in mediation of grassland disputes. Thirteenth grassland disputes between the two sides and the local people's government reached a mediation agreement, by the two people's governments jointly reported to the people's government at the next higher level for the record; The ruling made by the people's government at a higher level on both sides of the grassland dispute shall be submitted to the people's government at a higher level for the record together with the topographic map of the grassland boundary. Article 14 After the grassland dispute is settled, both parties to the dispute and their local people's governments must consciously abide by the agreement, implement the ruling of the people's government at a higher level, announce the demarcated grassland boundaries, recognize the points and lines on the spot according to regulations, and plant piles in time. Fifteenth grassland disputes on both sides of the local people's government responsible person in violation of the provisions of these measures, dereliction of duty, resulting in casualties and heavy losses of public and private property, shall be given administrative sanctions; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.