Not an easy task to rebuild a collapsed home

The collapse of a building in Wenzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, in which 22 people died, has highlighted a number of legal issues.

According to China's Property Law, the owner of a building that collapses cannot automatically rebuild on the same site, because in the eyes of the law there is no property to have ownership of should a building collapse.

According to the Property Law, the person that owned the building that collapsed still enjoys the right to use the land, but if they want to build another house, he or she should go through necessary procedures for housing construction and abide by relevant regulations.