Rural Revitalization and Land Institution Reform: Achievement, Conflict and Potential Risk

Zhihan Xu, Jianchun Xu (), Xiaofang Chai, Ning Zhang, Rong Ye and Fei Xu
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Zhihan Xu: Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310007, China
Jianchun Xu: Department of Land Resources Management, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 314423, China
Xiaofang Chai: Department of Land Resources Management, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 314423, China
Ning Zhang: Department of Land Resources Management, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 314423, China
Rong Ye: School of Statistics and Mathematics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 314423, China
Fei Xu: Institute of Land and Urban-Rural Development, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, Hangzhou 310018, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 22, 1-15

Abstract: Rural depression is a global issue in the process of worldwide urbanization. Compared with rural economic institution reform, rural land institution reform is more thorough in realizing rural revitalization. In this paper, polycentric governance theory is used to introduce marketization reform of collective profit-oriented land (MRCPL). MRCPL aims to allow rural collective profit-oriented construction land to be sold and leased with the same rights and at the same price as state-owned construction land. In the process of MRCPL, we suppose that the key subject is the central government, and the multiple auxiliary subjects include local governments, markets, villagers, and village collectives. Herein, Deqing County was selected as the research area and its achievements, conflicts, and potential risks in the process of MRCPL were studied. This study found that in Deqing County, a unified urban–rural construction land market has been preliminarily established, the rural revenue allocation mechanism has been updated, and the rural land finance mechanism has been developed. However, MRCPL may have conflicts with existing land requisition institutions and land banking institutions, and may also have conflicts within different subjects (farmers, village collective, local government, and central government). These conflicts may lead to potential risks, such as rent-seeking risk, land-financing risk, and real-estate-bubble risk. In general, the MRCPL aims to allow rural collective profit-oriented construction land to be sold and leased with the same rights and at the same prices as state-owned construction land. This reform can protect farmers’ land rights and promote the construction of urban and rural integration.

Keywords: land institution reform; marketization reform; collective profit-oriented land; rural area; collective; farmer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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