Article 15 The State shall encourage individuals or collectives to contract to develop and rehabilitate waste hills, unr第十五条国家鼓励个人或者集体对荒山、荒地、荒滩进行承包开发、治理，并保护承包人的合法权益。
State-owned or collective-owned waste hills or unreclaimed lands suitable for afforestation may be contracted to individ国有和集体所有的宜林荒山荒地可以由个人或者集体承包造林。