The main contents of the three rural land reform pilots in 2016:

1. In terms of rural land expropriation reform, it is proposed to explore narrowing the scope of land expropriation; standardize the formulation of expropriation catalogues, and improve Conflict and dispute mediation mechanisms, comprehensive disclosure of land expropriation information; and improvement of reasonable, standardized, and multiple guarantee mechanisms for land-expropriated farmers.

2. In terms of the reform of rural collective commercial construction land entering the market, it is necessary to explore and improve the property rights system, giving rural collective commercial construction land the ability to transfer, lease, and invest in shares; clarify the market entry of rural collective commercial construction land Scope and approach; establish and improve market transaction rules and service supervision systems, etc.

3. In terms of the reform of the rural homestead system, it is necessary to improve the protection and acquisition methods of homestead rights and interests, and explore various forms of realizing housing security for farmers in different regions; In situations such as one household with multiple houses, explore the implementation of paid use; and farmers who have settled in cities can voluntarily withdraw or transfer their homesteads within the collective economic organization for a fee, etc.

Extended information

The main tasks of the three rural land reform pilots include four aspects.

1. Improve the land expropriation system

In view of problems such as excessive land expropriation scope, insufficiently standardized procedures, and imperfect security mechanisms for land-expropriated farmers, it is necessary to narrow the scope of land expropriation and explore the formulation of land expropriation regulations. Catalog, strictly define the scope of public interest land; standardize land acquisition procedures, establish a social stability risk assessment system, improve conflict and dispute mediation mechanisms, comprehensively disclose land expropriation information; improve reasonable, standardized, and multiple guarantee mechanisms for land-expropriated farmers.

2. Establish a market entry system for rural collective commercial construction land

In view of the incomplete rights and interests of rural collective commercial construction land, they cannot enter the market equally, have the same rights and prices, and the transaction rules need to be improved urgently. To solve the problem, it is necessary to improve the property rights system for rural collective commercial construction land, give rural collective commercial construction land the ability to transfer, lease, and invest in shares; clarify the scope and channels for rural collective commercial construction land to enter the market; establish and improve market transaction rules and service supervision systems.

3. Reform and improve the rural homestead system

In view of the difficulties in obtaining homestead land for farmers, extensive utilization, and poor exit, it is necessary to improve the protection and acquisition methods of homestead rights and interests, and explore ways for farmers to obtain homestead land. Housing guarantees can be realized in various forms in different regions by ensuring that each household has a place to live; in cases where housing sites are occupied beyond the standard and multiple houses are occupied due to historical reasons, we will explore the implementation of paid use; we will explore the voluntary use of housing sites by farmers who have settled in cities within the collective economic organization. Withdraw or transfer homestead land with compensation; reform the homestead approval system and give full play to the democratic management role of villagers' autonomous organizations.

4. Establish a land value-added income distribution mechanism that takes into account the country, the collective, and individuals, and reasonably increase personal income

In view of the imperfect land value-added income distribution mechanism, it takes into account the country, the collective, and the individual. In order to solve the problems such as insufficient mutual benefits, it is necessary to establish and improve the distribution methods and related institutional arrangements for land value-added income between the state and collectives and within collective economic organizations.

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