Paragraph 5 of Article 47 of the Land Management Law of the People's Republic of China states that "the land-using unit shall pay the new vegetable field development and construction fund in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state". Interim Measures for the Administration of Requisition of Vegetable Fields for National Construction and Payment of New Vegetable Fields Development and Construction Funds issued by the former Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Commerce (document [1985] 1 1).