The phenomenon of "land corruption" in rural areas is worthy of attention.

During a recent interview and investigation in Tongan and Haicang, Xiamen, the reporter found that with the continuous appreciation of rural land resources, the corruption of rural grass-roots cadres characterized by embezzlement of rural collective land rights and interests is prominent and worthy of attention.

The use of collective land to enrich oneself in the process of land expropriation is one of the means of "land corruption" for a small number of village cadres. The case recently investigated and dealt with by Xiamen Haicang District discipline Inspection Commission is very typical. Part of the collective land of the seventh villagers' group in Qianyao Village in the area was requisitioned, and because the requisitioned land included ridges, machine ploughing roads and other non-farmers' contracted land, the compensation for land expropriation was "increased" by 345000 yuan after it was paid to the expropriated farmers according to the area. The money should have been collectively owned by the villagers' group, but Lin, the then villager group leader, took advantage of his position of assisting the government in land expropriation, management, and payment of compensation for land expropriation, and partnered with the group's accountants to falsify the contract by falsifying and overstating the contracted area of the land, jointly embezzling the "excess" amount, of which Lin received 123000 yuan. At present, the case has been transferred to the judiciary.

Under the background of land appreciation and precious resources, a small number of rural party members and cadres, especially the village backbone, take advantage of their positions to directly seize collective land, and some even carry out illegal construction to obtain illegal interests. Without the approval of the relevant departments, the Xiamen Lake mandarin Animal Husbandry specialized Cooperative illegally built a feed processing plant covering an area of 552 square meters on the ground of the triangle courtyard of Hulan Village, Tongan District, and the legal representative of the cooperative, Shao, was the party branch secretary of Hucan Village at that time. After being put on file for investigation, the discipline Inspection Commission of Tongan District gave it a warning punishment within the party.

In addition to directly occupying rural collective land for profit, a small number of village cadres also use collective land resources to engage in malpractices for personal gain, or exchange interests, or favor relatives and friends, or dispose of them at will, seriously damaging the rights and interests of collective land and social equity. Tongan District is located in the suburbs of Xiamen. At present, the rural homestead is worth 100000 yuan for a piece of homestead of about 100 square meters in the mountain area, and 500000-700000 yuan for the homestead of the same area next to the industrial zone. At the end of 2012, the Caizhai Village Committee of Xinmin Town, Tongan District, illegally sold two pieces of village collective land at 10,000 yuan each to two relatives of a village cadre to build a house without discussion and approval by the villagers' Congress. After being reported and verified by the masses, the District discipline Inspection Commission has ordered the village to carry out rectification and reform.

Yang Tianping, deputy secretary of the discipline Inspection Commission of Tongan District, said that in the current rural collective "three capital" (funds, assets, resources) management, collective land resource management is a focus. Rural land is valuable, and village cadres take advantage of their positions to extend their hands to collective land, which leads to more contradictions and instability.

Yang Tianping said that Tongan District was relatively early aware of the problem of rural collective land management, so targeted clean-up and standardization work was carried out. Since 2013, 41 villages (dwellings), including Sucuo Village, Hongtang Town, have carried out the work of cleaning up and standardizing the "three investments" and village affairs, and have cleared more than 20,000 mu of land collectively managed by registered village groups. "these lands are located in the urban-rural border area, and they are of high value. If they are not cleaned up, they may be eroded in a few years." Yang Tianping said.

Tong'an District effectively cleans up the rural collective "three capital", especially the land resources, to a certain extent, curbs the "black hand" extending to the collective land and reduces social contradictions. In recent years, the number of letters and visits received by the discipline inspection and supervision system in this area has decreased year by year.