ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the simple historical fact that the trinity of peasantry, farmland, and the family farming system has long existed in history, no matter what forms of peasantry there have been peasant proprietor, half-tenant, or tenant peasants. By 2003, the number of research and development regions all over the country had reached 6,015, of which 70 percent were illegal. If this situation continues unchecked, the 120-million-hectare security line set by the central government will soon be broken. To deal with this issue, the Third Plenary Session of the Sixteenth CCPCC passed the motion that the land requisition system should be reformed with the principle of protecting the peasant's rights and interests and of placing the land requisition under strict control. The legitimate farmland ownership transfer should go through governmental requisition. The policy that farmland should be used by farmers must be maintained, and farmers' rights must not be violated.
