Legal basis: Regulations on Expropriation and Compensation of Houses on State-owned Land Article 8 In order to safeguard national security and promote national economic and social development and other public interests, if it is really necessary to expropriate houses under any of the following circumstances, the people's government at the city or county level shall make a decision on house expropriation:
(a) the needs of national defense and diplomacy;
(two) the needs of infrastructure construction such as energy, transportation and water conservancy organized and implemented by the government;
(three) the needs of public undertakings such as science and technology, education, culture, health, sports, environmental and resource protection, disaster prevention and mitigation, cultural relics protection, social welfare, and municipal utilities organized and implemented by the government;
(four) the needs of the construction of affordable housing projects organized and implemented by the government;
(five) the needs of the old city reconstruction organized and implemented by the government in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Urban and Rural Planning Law;
(six) the needs of other public interests as prescribed by laws and administrative regulations.