China's Rural Land Reforms Could Empower Millions, Reshape Countryside
The article discusses legal issues related to rural land in China. Currently, rural land in China is collectively owned. Important property rights on rural land include land management, house site use, and collective construction land use rights. Chinese law prohibits the selling of collective land ownership. The problems arise in transferring land management rights, house site use rights, and collective construction land use rights. The authors suggest improving the rural land registration system to simplify the process and linking land transfer contracts directly to changes in land rights registration. This would help address the challenges in dealing with various land use rights in rural areas in China.