Expert: Homestead reform is the key point of rural land reform

"promoting the orderly transfer of land management rights can improve the efficiency of land resource allocation, guide farmers to promote appropriate scale operation of agriculture in the form of self-operation or entrusted management, improve the production and operation efficiency of farmers, and increase their income at the same time." Yesterday, CIC consultant Song Jiening, a researcher on agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fisheries, said in an interview with Securities Daily.

A few days ago, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the Comprehensive implementation Plan for deepening Rural Reform (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), proposing to persist in improving the basic management system in rural areas. grasp the relationship between collective ownership of land and household contract management. Implement collective ownership, stabilize farmers' right to contract, enliven the right of land management, and carry out the separation of rights.

At the level of land system reform, the Plan puts forward that the basic direction of deepening the reform of rural land system is to implement collective ownership, stabilize farmers' right to contract, and enliven the right of land management. To activate the right of land management is to allow contracted farmers to voluntarily allocate the right of land management to subjects who have the will and ability to operate in accordance with the law, and to develop various forms of appropriate scale operation.

At the same time, on the basis of ensuring the usufruct of homestead obtained by farmers in accordance with the law, we should reform and improve the rural homestead system, explore a new mechanism for farmers' housing security, and clearly define farmers' housing property rights. explore the system of paid use of homestead and voluntary paid exit mechanism, and explore effective ways to mortgage, guarantee and transfer farmers' housing property rights.

Song Jiening said that homestead reform is one of the key points of rural land reform. The reform of rural land homestead can ensure the planned and steady progress of rural construction, be conducive to the management of rural homestead, change the waste of land resources such as scattered layout of rural homestead and hollow villages, and save land resources. use more land resources for agricultural production.