The Legal Nature of Farmland for Water Supply and Drainage Underground Pipeline Passage

The purpose of this paper is to answer the real dilemma and the theoretical relative blank on the legal nature of farmland for water supply and drainage underground pipeline passage in China. For methods of comparison, legal norms analysis was employed. The research showed that the farmland for underground pipeline passage was the main way for the construction of a water supply and drainage underground pipeline. The farmland for the underground pipeline passage had characteristics of limited and partial use, long-term use and restricted use, which accorded with the essence and legal condition of rural servitude. It is conducive to the realization of a win-win situation among all parties and in maintaining the order of farmland use after setting the passage right of the water supply and drainage underground pipeline for rural servitude.