Right of the owner to recover a lost property

According to the Chinese laws, the owner or any other holder is entitled to recover a lost property. Where the lost property is possessed by any other person through transfer, the owner is entitled to ask the person untitled to dispose of the property to make compensations for damages, or, within 2 years from the date when he knows who is the assignee, ask the assignee to return the original property. But if the assignee purchases the lost property by way of auction or from a qualified operator, the holder shall, when asking for returning the original property, pay the amount paid by the assignee for purchasing the property to the assignee. Where there is any other provision, such provision shall apply. After paying the amount paid by the assignee for purchasing the property to the assignee, the owner is entitled to recover the amount from the person untitled to dispose of the property.