Baotou Rare Earth High-tech Zone Land Management And Intensive Use Of Innovative Practices Study

Along with China's reform and opening up, various economic structural reforms have been constantly deepened with the target of building up the socialist market economy Land has become one of the most important production elements in industrial construction and development, and the urban land system of China has experienced a historical change since 1980s. With the goal of realizing the market-orientated allocation of land resources, the reform of urban land usage system has been forged ahead vigorously, and as a result, the market for urban land transaction has taken into shape. The industrial developments zones have become a special carrier for allocation of land resources, however, lots of deputes related to the efficiency of land use have been generated. As a result, the central government implemented a nationwide deflation policy on land supply in the industrial development zones in 2004, and which has been proved as an effective control to land supply.This paper starts with a general analysis on the land management and utilization of the Hi-tech Zones in China under the market-oriented economy circumstance, and the current situation of intensive utilization of land in hi-tech zones. With a focus on the Baotou Rare Earth Hi-tech Zone, the author analyzes the experiences at different stages of the development of Baotou Rare Earth Hi-tech zone, explains the contradiction between the zone's demands of social and economic development of and the usage of land resource and the creative practices in exploitation and utilization of land resources. The paper delves into a study on land usage efficiency and allocation form of land resources. The studies and analysis shows that the allocation of land resources in Baotou Rare Earth Hi-tech Zone is of high efficiency, and which has been demonstrated in both input and output efficiency of land. Finally, from the view of satisfying the requirements of macro economic and social development, the author put forward the proposal that the land management should be brought into line with the regional economic development.