中国不动产登记条例出台

 　　Reporter:

　　The new rules require all governments above the county level to designate special departments for property registration¹ in their areas.

　　Land and resource authorities will also be tasked with setting up a platform to combine registration data submitted at the national, provincial², municipal and county levels.

　　This will make it easier for departments at all levels to gain quick access to information about how many properties an individual has, and so on.

　　Liu Baocheng is an associate professor with the Business School of University of International Business and Economics.

　　中国不动产登记条例出台

　　"For a market economy, the first thing is to clearly define the property rights. But due to the ambiguity³ in China's property rights system, we have seen a lot of problems. For example, a number of farmers have already moved out of the countryside. But the question of whether they still maintain their homesteads remains⁴ a question. This also poses obstacles in the transfer of land use rights. The rule changes are necessary to tackle these problems."

　　The new rules will cover the collective ownership of land, ownership of buildings and forests, contracted land management rights as well as the rights to use construction land, homesteads and maritime⁵ areas.

　　There's been a lot of discussion taking place suggesting the national real estate registration system is a step toward a nation-wide property tax structure.

　　"The system may facilitate policy changes in the real estate sector⁶. However, the registration system itself isn't, unto itself, enough to bring in a property tax. The levy⁷ of any property tax needs changes to other polices. If a property tax is brought in, the government may need to cut other taxes to strike a balance. So such change will need a comprehensive plan."

　　Observers had been expecting the new registration system might have been used to crack down on corruption⁸, as it was supposed to allow authorities to obtain property registration information by searching the name of the property owners so as to prevent officials from concealing⁹ the number of properties they actually own.

　　However, no such clause has been added to the new system.

　　Liu Baocheng says anti-corruption isn't supposed to be the main function of the registration system.

　　"The registration system is similar to providing an ID to real estate. How the authorities will use those data in anti-corruption is a different issue and should be carried out by other departments. Just like the ID card system, it can help the police to hunt down criminals but the system itself is not designed to that end."

　　The regulations, which include 35 articles, will take effect March 1st.

　　For CRI, I'm Wang Mengzhen.

1 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

2 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

3 ambiguity   

n.模棱两可；意义不明确

参考例句：

• The telegram was misunderstood because of its ambiguity.由于电文意义不明确而造成了误解。
• Her answer was above all ambiguity.她的回答毫不含糊。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

6 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

7 levy   

n.征收税或其他款项，征收额

参考例句：

• They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
• A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。

8 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

9 concealing   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，遮住( conceal的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Despite his outward display of friendliness, I sensed he was concealing something. 尽管他表现得友善，我还是感觉到他有所隐瞒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• SHE WAS BREAKING THE COMPACT, AND CONCEALING IT FROM HIM. 她违反了他们之间的约定，还把他蒙在鼓里。 来自英汉文学 - 三万元遗产