Rethinking the Mechanism of Farmland Allocation Li Changping proposed a new way to balance land rights with equity
The current policy of extending the contract period of farmland for another 30 years has aroused widespread concern in society, especially for the protection of the rights and interests of landless peasants, who may have enough land, but landless peasants have not been given a piece of arable land. This made the landless peasants feel unfair. However, from the point of view of the state, this is fair. However, now the change in the size of the family has led to the uneven distribution of land, and the landless peasants are unable to obtain land from within the original family and have to rely on the contract of their parents. In addition, some farmers may have access to land through several avenues, however, these avenues are not easy to achieve as land values grow and resources become scarce. In this situation, Li Changping put forward a series of views and suggestions on this, which triggered profound thinking.
In this upcoming policy adjustment, we have to look at the current mechanism of agricultural land allocation. Li Changping pointed out that the imbalance in farmland rights and interests will bring about a more serious social problem than the farmers in Zhoukou who "pick" corn in groups. This is not only a local problem, but also a manifestation of the escalation of agricultural social risks. This has led to a question about whether social risks in agriculture have outweighed natural and market risks.
Policymakers have proposed to balance the inequality of land rights among internal members through mobile land, however, village communities lack sufficient mobile land, and even if they do, they can only meet the needs of some landless or landless farmers. This has forced us to re-examine whether the current agricultural land allocation mechanism is sufficiently operational. If the principle of fairness and justice is to be adhered to, it is obviously difficult to achieve a mobile balance. But if the principle of fairness and justice is not recognized, the system of collective ownership of land will face collapse, and incidents similar to the "picking" of corn by farmers in Zhoukou will spread across the country's rural areas.
In this contradiction, Li Changping proposed an innovative solution: to balance the imbalance of land rights with the equity of the collective economy. He elaborated on the specific operational steps of this plan, including the reverse value of agricultural land rent, finding the median per capita of land rights, and establishing new collective economic and industrial parks. The core idea of this method is to supplement the rural households with land rights below the median through the equity distribution of collective enterprises, forming a situation of common development.
However, the implementation of this programme entails a multifaceted challenge. First of all, when it comes to the reversal of the value of agricultural land, it is necessary to establish a fair and transparent evaluation system to ensure that farmers' rights and interests are not damaged. Secondly, the establishment of collective economic industrial parks needs first-class support, and a reasonable policy system is needed to guide and standardize. Finally, how to ensure that the land rights or equity rights of collective members are not infringed, and how to maintain this pattern of common development, are all issues that need to be carefully considered.
How to protect the rights of landless peasants is an important issue that needs to be solved urgently in rural development. To solve the problem of landless peasants in reality, this not only requires first-class policy guidance and financial support, but also requires the extensive participation of rural social organizations and all sectors of society. Only through the joint efforts of all sectors of society can landless peasants create more and better employment opportunities and livelihood security, so as to achieve the goal of comprehensive rural development.
In the adjustment of the entire farmland distribution mechanism, we must not only pursue the same for 30 years on the surface and another 30 years, but also adhere to the principle of fairness and justice behind the scenes. This is not an easy task and requires the joint efforts of farmers, ** and policymakers. Only through innovative thinking and pragmatic actions can we find a land distribution mechanism suitable for China's agricultural development in the context of the new era. This may be a new attempt, but also a reflection and transcendence of past experience.