Through its three-level service platform, Chengdu has dealt
with more than 27,000 cases of rural property right transfer, which involved about 17 Square kilometers collective construction land.
On May 12, 2008, Sichuan Province was hit by a
disastrous earthquake. In order to reconstruct the houses damaged in the earthquake as soon as possible, Chengdu government actively encouraged the affected farmers to attract social money participating in housing
Lessons from Chengdu's Pilot Rural Land property right System Reform
Director, Institute of Economic Reform and Development, Academy of Economic Development of Chengdu
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the pilot reform in Chengdu has entered the stage of full implementation. However, there are still some problems:
As one of the pilot areas approved
by the Chinese central government for comprehensive national urbanrural reforms, Chengdu started its rural land property right system reforms in January 2008.

rural areas. As a result, it is also an urgent issue to innovate operation modes
of the collective economy according to different economic development levels.
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Agricultural insurance subsidies 5%
Farmland trans deposit 5%
the pilot reform in Chengdu has entered the stage of full implementation. However, there are still some problems:
There were altogether 16,581 affected rural families
having their houses reconstructed through such joint construction activities.
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In this reform, Chengdu government has been carrying out measures as follows:
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In this reform, Chengdu government has been carrying out measures as follows:
Firstly, confirm, register and issue certifications of rural land property rights.
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the pilot reform in Chengdu has entered the stage of full implementation. However, there are still some problems:
Secondly, Lack of innovation in operation modes of the rural collective economy. This is connected to the first problem, that is, without regulated representative of rural land, operation modes of the collective economy will also be limited and unstable. At present, the operation modes such as cooperatives or land ownership shareholding reform mostly exist in rural areas very close to the urban areas, where the economy situation is comparatively higher than other
vs. large markets is still unsolved. Under such circumstances, it is difficult to
fully realize the promotion role of land right determination in scaled land transfer and development of industrialized agriculture.
protection fund, strengthening farmers’ internal driving force to protect farmland.
Chengdu government gave 2.8 billion yuan every year to
provide the subsidies for farmers who take responsibilities of
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In this reform, Chengdu government has been carrying out measures as follows:
Thirdly, explore the “joint construction” model for post-disaster reconstruction.
reconstruction.
In the model of joint construction, the farmers offer
land and the social investors fund money, and then they share the use right of the houses.
Fourthly, Innovation on farmland protection mechanisms.
Chengdu is the first city in China to establish farmland
Farmer's endowment insurance subsidies 90%
Firstly, Rural land generally belongs to “collectives”, but there are not yet any well-designed collective ownership policies by far. In China, the rural land belongs to “collectives”, but nobody can answer such questions as how to identify members of a collective and what kind of organizations or individuals could represent the so-called “collectives”. In fact, currently there are still no regulated or generally recognized representative of collective land, so that the problem of small rural households
By Jie Gao
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Chengdu,
located
in
southwest
China, is the capital of Sichuan Province, and one of the most
industrialized and urbanized cities in west China.
In China, Land ownership is public. Land in the rural
sector is comprised of three parts: farmland, collective land that can be used for construction, and rural housing land. The public ownership of the rural land is operated by collective economic organizations of the village, and farmers just have the right to use the land.
protecting farmland. Basic farm can get 400 yuan /mu, and
normal farm can get 300 yuan /mu.