Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 398 The right to use the construction land of township enterprises shall not be mortgaged separately. Where buildings such as factories of township enterprises are mortgaged, the right to use the construction land occupied by them shall be mortgaged together.
Article 399 The following properties may not be mortgaged: collectively owned land use rights such as cultivated land, homestead, private plots and private hills. Except as provided by law, houses on collective land shall not be mortgaged.