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New look at land rights problem

By Li Fangchao (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-12-21 06:52

A new project that aims to find solutions to problems over land rights, governance and public services in rural China was signed between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Chinese Government yesterday.

The Chinese side involved the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD), and the China International Centre for Economic and Technical Exchanges under the Ministry of Commerce.

Entitled "Revitalizing Rural China through Land Policy Reform and Innovation in Rural Governance and Public Service Delivery," the four-year project is designed to propose strategic policies and legislative reforms to revitalize the country's rural areas, with particular emphasis on issues related to land rights, access to public service and local governance.

By enhancing growth, efficiency and equity in rural areas, the project aims to modernize development of the countryside and reduce rural-urban inequalities, said Khalid Malik, UN Resident Co-ordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in China.

"Securing rural land rights, stronger bargaining power for farmers, and sufficient compensation for land use have been identified as keys to rural reform in China," Malik said.

With the country's rapid urbanization and industrialization, the demand for land has led to rampant illegal expropriation at local level.

"As the pressure for urban expansion mounts around the country, stories abound of farmers being forced off their land with little compensation and no means of recourse," Malik said.

"Farmers who have lost their land come to cities and cause new problems."

Huang Zongli, director-general of the Department of International Co-operation, Science and Technology under the MLR, said he hoped a new land acquisition policy in the country could be explored through the implementation of the project.

"We hope to build a just and fair land management system to achieve a clear land transfer to ensure farmers' right," Huang said.

The US$5 million project will include research on a new procedure concerning land rights and land policy, Malik said.

Based on regional disparity, economic and urbanization conditions, pilot projects will be carried out in eight provinces.

CIRD President Gao Shangquan said it was imperative to have a clear understanding of farmers' rights to solve the problems.

"Some local governments acquire farmland in the name of building public projects which end up as commercial ones," he said, "that brings harm to farmers in a disguised way."

Gao also suggested exploring new ways to compensate farmers who have lost their land.

"We are thinking of a way to let farmers buy shares in their land, which can benefit them in a long term," he said.

The MLR also issued a notice yesterday to press local branches to strengthen their supervision of local governments' work to re-cultivate the same amount of arable land approved for other uses.

(China Daily 12/21/2006 page2)



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