Land Contracted Circulation Agreement





Party A: The Villagers’ Committee of Shangzhai Village, Linfang Rural Area, Liancheng County


Legal Representative: LU DaoXing


Party B: Yiji (Longyan) Organic Agricultural Co., Ltd.


Legal Representative: MA Qian





This Agreement is signed by and between Party A and Party B upon full negotiations, on terms and conditions as follows:





I. Area and location of land contracted


Party A shall contract the contracted land at LuoZhaiPian, ShangKengTing, with Ninty Three mu (93 mu is equivalent of 15.32 acres) of contracted land (field) (hereinafter land of the Project) to Party B.





II. Period of circulation


The period of circulation shall be eighteen (18) years commencing October 8, 2010 and ending October 7, 2028.





III. Rights and obligations of contracting parties


A. Party A shall enjoy the following rights:


1. the ownership of the land of the Project contracted (the right circulated to Party B is only the land use right);


2. the right to supervise Party B protecting and reasonably using the land of the Project in accordance to laws and regulations and to prevent Party B from damaging the land of the Project;


3. the right to get all benefits of circulation according to this Agreement, as well as the subsidies granted by the country to support agricultural development;


4. the right to take over and manage the infrastructure devices installed by Party B (except for those movable devices) upon maturity of this Agreement in case that Party B has no intention to continue the land circulation;


5. other applicable legitimate rights stipulated in laws and regulations.





B. Party A shall bear the following obligations:


1. the obligation to perform the obligations stipulated in the original contracting agreement in accordance to laws and regulations;


2. the obligation to be prohibited from interfering for no reason with Party B’s regular activities of production and operation, to respect Party B’s autonomy in production and operation and to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Party B;


3. the obligation to provide Party B with necessary assistance or service in accordance to this Agreement.





C. Party B shall enjoy the following rights:


1. the land use right to the land of the Project contracted, and the right to autonomously organize production, operation and products management;


2. the ownership of subsidies granted by the country to support agricultural enterprises;


3. other applicable legitimate rights stipulated in laws and regulations.





D. Party B shall bear the following obligations:


1. the obligation to use the land of the Project for agricultural purposes rather than non-agricultural purposes;


2. the obligation to protect and reasonably use the land of the Project in avoidance of causing permanent damages to the land of the Project;


3. the obligation to maintain, as much as possible, the original conditions of the land of the Project. In case that change to the original conditions of the land is required for production and operation, Party B shall submit the plan of such change to Party A 15 working days in advance, and shall be prohibited from carrying out the plan unless approved by Party A;


4. the obligation to afford all taxes, expenses and rents for the circulated land of the Project;


5. other obligations stipulated in laws and administrative regulations.









IV. Pricing and time of payment for circulation rents


The rent shall be 450 jin (including 400 jin as rent and the other 50 jin as service fee)(450 jin is equivalent of 225 Kg)/mu/year, and 450 jin means the price of grains weighted 450 jin (225 Kg) calculated based on 115% of the corresponding unit purchase price of Late-season Rice released by Fujian Provincial Bureau of Commodity Price. The rent for first year shall be paid up upon this Agreement’s coming into force. The rent for each of the following years shall be paid in a single payment in cash annually prior to December 31 of each year.





V. Breach of agreement


After this Agreement’s coming into force, either party who fails to perform, in whole or in part, its obligations stipulated in this Agreement shall bear the liability to compensate the other party for all losses caused by such breach of this Agreement. In case that the non-breaching party wants to continue the Agreement, consultations and negotiations shall be hold.





VI. Miscellaneous


1. In case that settlement can not be achieved for disputes between the contracting parties of the Agreement, either party can resort to governing department of contracting agreements under the People’s Government of Linfang rural area for agreement interpretation. If a settlement still can not be achieved through such approach, parties can resort to land contracting arbitration entity of the People’s Government of Liancheng County for arbitration. In case that either or both of the contracting parties do not want to settle the dispute through arbitration, they can file a lawsuit in the local People’s Court.


2. The Agreement shall come into effect on its signing date.


3. The Agreement is made in duplicate, of which Party A and Party B shall respectively hold one copy.





Party A: (Seal)


The Villagers’ Committee of Shangzhai Village, Linfang Rural Area, Liancheng County


Legal Representative: LU DaoXing





Party B: (Seal)


Yiji (Longyan) Organic Agricultural Co., Ltd.


Legal Representative: MA Qian





October 7, 2010