(Released on January 19, 2005, the Ministry of agriculture, 48th come into force on March 1, 2005) first in order to protection, development and reasonable utilization of grassland, maintain and improve the ecological environment and promoting sustainable development of animal husbandry, according to the People's Republic of China Law on grassland, these measures are formulated.
    Article in the People's Republic of China grassland livestock production and business activities in the territory of the units and individuals shall abide by these measures.
    Third State to the Prairie Grassland-livestock balance system.
    Grassland-livestock balance in these measures refers to maintain a benign cycle in grassland ecosystem, within a certain time, users or contractors through the prairie grasslands and other ways to get the total available forage and livestock rearing amount of forage needed to maintain homeostasis.
    Fourth grassland-livestock balance work carried out should adhere to the following principles: (a) to strengthen the protection for development; (b) to grass and livestock, increased grass increased livestock; (c) in line with local conditions, classified guidelines; (d) step by step, step by step.
    Fifth Ministry of Agriculture responsible for supervision and administration of grassland-livestock balance nationwide.
    Competent administrative departments of local people's Governments at or above the county level grassland grassland-livestock balance within their respective administrative areas supervisory and administrative work.
    Prairie administrative departments of the people's Governments above the county level established by the regulatory authority responsible for the Prairie of grassland-livestock balance work.
    Sixth Prairie administrative departments of the people's Governments above the county level shall strengthen the publicity and education of grassland-livestock balance training, popularize the knowledge of grassland-livestock balance, promotion of grassland-livestock balance technology, realize the sustainable utilization of grassland resources.
    Article seventh Prairie administrative departments of the people's Governments above the county level shall strengthen protection and construction of grassland, stability and increased pasture productivity, support, encourage and guide farmers to implement artificial grass, forage reserve, improved livestock breeds, the implementation of House feeding and speed up the herd turnover, reducing the grazing of grassland.
    Eighth Ministry of agriculture under the national grassland types, capacity, livestock grazing and other basic information, develop and publish standards of grassland grazing capacity.
    Nineth provincial or prefectural (City) level government administrative departments shall, in accordance with the Prairie Grassland grazing capacity standards set by the Ministry of agriculture, combined with the situation on the ground, formulated and promulgated the administration of different grassland types of specific management standards, and reported to the Ministry of agriculture for the record.
    Tenth Article County Government Prairie administrative competent sector should according to Ministry of agriculture developed of Prairie stocking standard and provincial or to (City) level Government Prairie administrative competent sector developed of different Prairie type specific stocking standard, combined Prairie using who or contracting operators by using of natural prairie, and artificial grass and forage feed base Qian five years average production capacity, approved Prairie stocking, clear Prairie using who or contracting operators of livestock feeding volume.
    Grassland-livestock balance approved once every five years.
    Prairie Grassland grazing capacity of users or contractors on the approved dispute, notification of the receipt of the approved date of 30th to the Prairie administrative departments of the people's Governments at the county level to apply for a review within one, Prairie administrative departments of the people's Governments at the county level shall make review decisions within the 30th.
    11th competent administrative departments of people's Governments above the county level Prairie Grassland grazing capacity standards when approved or grassland grazing capacity, should fully heed the Prairie views of users and contractors, experts demonstrated, ensuring that standards and decisions approved by the grassland grazing capacity in grassland grazing capacity of science and rationality.
    12th competent administrative departments of local people's Governments at or above the county level shall Prairie Grassland-livestock balance management should be established.
    County Government Prairie administrative competent sector should and Prairie using who or contracting operators signed grass livestock balance responsibility, contains Ming following matters: (a) Prairie status: including Prairie four to line, and area, and type, and grade, Prairie degradation area and the degree; (ii) existing of livestock type and number; (three) approved of Prairie stocking; (four) achieved grass livestock balance of main measures; (five) Prairie using who or contracting operators of responsibility; (six) responsibility of effective term; (seven) other about matters.
    Prairie Grassland-livestock balance responsibility for text style by provincial people's Government formulated by the Administrative Department, Department of agriculture records.
    13th article livestock feeding volume over approved stocking of, Prairie using who or contracting operators should take following measures, achieved grass livestock balance: (a) strengthening artificial forage feed base construction; (ii) purchase forage feed, increased forage feed supply volume; (three) implemented homes feeding captive, reduce Prairie grazing pressure; (four) speed up livestock slaughter, optimization livestock group structure; (five) through Prairie contracting right circulation increased Prairie contracting area; (six) can achieved grass livestock balance of other measures.
    14th competent administrative departments of local people's Governments at or above the county level shall Prairie Grassland resource dynamic monitoring should be strengthened, based on determination of the grass production in the previous year results and estimation of forage on other sources, analysis, forecasting this year carrying capacity of grassland within the administrative area, guide the work of grassland-livestock balance.
    15th competent administrative departments of local people's Governments at or above the county level shall grassland should be organized each year on grassland-livestock balance checks.
    The main content of grassland-livestock balance checks: (a) the determination and evaluation of utilization of natural grassland, (ii) measured total forage, that is, when the natural grassland, pasture and forage base, as well as other sources and amount of forage and (iii) verification of livestock numbers.
    16th grasslands or contractors due to increased forage, can be approved by the original carrying capacity based on a corresponding increase in livestock.
    Article 17th of grassland-livestock balance violations, according to the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the national people's Congress or its Standing Committee, it shall be corrected or punishment. 18th these measures shall come into force on March 1, 2005.