The process of rural land transfer is accelerated.

Wei Dedong (right), founder of Fumin Family Farm in Shandong Province, carries out experimental irrigation with a newly installed agricultural irrigation line (photo taken on March 10, 2013). By the end of June 2014, the transferred area of cultivated land contracted by households nationwide was 380 million mu, accounting for 28.8 percent of the total contracted cultivated land, an increase of 20 percentage points over the end of 2008. Behind the acceleration of rural land transfer is the reality that China's agriculture has bid farewell to the scale and modernization of small-scale peasant economy for thousands of years, and China's agriculture has entered the new normal of scale operation. Photo taken by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fan Changguo

Staff at a shiitake mushroom production base in Liuzhangzi Township, Chengde County, Chengde City (photo taken on June 26, 2014). In recent years, Chengde City, Hebei Province has increased the intensity of rural land transfer, constantly innovated forms, provided power support for agricultural development, and achieved good economic benefits. At present, the total area of transferred land in Chengde City has reached more than 750000 mu. Photo taken by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xiao

Farmers box harvested grapes at the Chen Family Farm in Mazipingtun, Xinhe Village, Daliang Town, Rongan County, Guangxi (photo taken on July 11, 2014). "Chen Family Farm" is the first family farm registered in Rong'an County, Guangxi. through land transfer, the farm grows high-quality double-season grapes on 200mu of land, which can be harvested in summer and winter, with a yield of about 3000 kg per mu. Through the intensive management model, the "Chen Family Farm" plans to drive the surrounding people to grow double-cropped grapes to increase their income. Photo taken by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Bin

Workers pick tomatoes in a greenhouse at a modern agricultural industrial park in Wangdu County, Hebei Province (photo taken on December 17, 2014). In recent years, Wangdu County, Hebei Province has actively explored the policy of rural land transfer, constantly innovated the form of land transfer, and adopted the principle of "farmers' voluntary and reasonable circulation" to concentrate farmland to large-scale characteristic agriculture, high-efficiency agriculture and pollution-free agriculture. We will focus on cultivating the characteristic economy of the county and promote the standardized circulation of rural land to promote the development of modern agriculture. Photo taken by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Xudong