Legal basis: Article 44 of the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China. If the land occupied by construction involves the conversion of agricultural land into construction land, the examination and approval procedures for the conversion of agricultural land shall be handled. Roads, pipeline projects and large-scale infrastructure projects approved by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and construction projects approved by the State Council, which occupy land and involve the conversion of agricultural land into construction land, are all approved by the State Council.