1996-14, Treasuring Land《珍惜土地》

Stamp Title: Treasuring Land
Scott No: 2687-88
Serial number: 1996-14
Values in set: 2
(2-1), Making Rational Use of Land, 20 fen, 40*30mm
(2-2), Protecting Farmland, 50 fen, 40*30mm
Date of issue: June 25, 1996
Designers: Huang Li
Size: 40*30mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 50
Printing process: gravure
Printed Institution: Beijing Postage Stamp Housing

A nation has to fight for land in order to survive and a society has to develop and exploit land in order to prosper, and therefore, land exploitation and exploration constitutes the development of human history.

Land the source of all production and life, is of vital importance to the development of a country or nation. China feeds 22 percent of the world’s population on 7 percent of the world¡¯s arable land. In this sense, land for China is compared to an overloaded ship.

The country has attached great importance to the rational use of land resources and the protection of arable land. One of State’s three basic policies is to “treasure and make rational use of every inch of land, and practically protect arable land”. In 1986, the State issued a circular to strengthen the administration of land resources and curb the rampant occupation of arable land, and set up the State Bureau of Land Administration, engaging in the unified management of the national land the rural and urban land affairs. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress reviewed and promulgated in the same year the Land Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China.

The years since the issue of the land administration law China has made marked achievements in its management over land resources. However, the country still faces the severe shortage of land resources and as the population increasingly grows, the contradiction between land and people becomes more conspicuous. On the other hand, the arable land decreases because of the non-agricultural construction, especially the expansion of cities and their development zones Meanwhile the agricultural structure readjustment also leads to the decline of land Statistics indicate that during the Eighth Five-year Plan period (1991-1995), the arable land in China decreased by more than 20 million mu (1.33million hectares), 4.07 million mu down each year.

“Let’s protect the arable land for the survival of our next generations”. We should cherish the land as if it were gold, and join hands together to make full use of the land which is so valuable.

1996年特种邮票《珍惜土地》
国家邮政局1996年6月25日发行《珍惜土地》特种邮票1套2枚。
（2-1）T 合理利用土地 20 分 3816.7万枚
（2-2）T 保护耕地 50 分 2119.2万枚

志号名称：1996-14T
版别：影写
整版枚数：50 枚
邮票规格：40 × 30毫米
齿孔度数：11 × 11.5度
设计者：黄里
印制机构：北京邮票厂

“十分珍惜和合理利用每寸土地，切实保护耕地”是我国的一项基本国策。1991年国务院确定每年的6月25日为全国土地日，即《中华人民共和国土地管理法》颁布纪念日。今年全国土地日亦即《土地管理法》颁布十周年，其宣传主题是：土地与发展–保护我们的生命线。

1996年6月25日，为纪念《中华人民共和国土地管理法》颁布10周年及第6个全国土地日，邮电部发行了《珍惜土地》特种邮票，全套2枚。