The Reform of Chinas Rural Land System

I. The Course of the Reform of ChinasLand System and Its AchievementsSince new China was founded in 1949, the rural land system of China has gone through awinding evolutional course, which can be summarized as three great reforms (Guo, 1995a).The first land system reform was launched at the beginning of the foundation of new China.The core of this reform was to confiscate landlords land and distribute it equally to peasantswho had little or no land. The landlord class was wiped out totall…