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People's Daily: Why is land acquisition and demolition so urgent? Think more about the farmers - Yingting demolition lawyer
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Article author：Yingting Lawyers Group | Update time：2019-08-09 | Reading times：391
Land acquisitionDemolitionIt is not about making a "one-and-done deal" with farmers, but about ensuring the farmers' long-term rights to survival and development. Through institutional planning, land income can be used for farmers to the maximum extent
A few days ago, I went to a county in central China for research and was asked about the biggest headache for the local government. The answers from local cadres were so consistent - rural land acquisition.Demolition! The cadres expressed their bitterness: "Development requires land, and you can't requisition the land, so you can't pay the accounts; but once the land is requisitioned, you will inevitably petition, and if you don't do it, you will be held accountable or even lose your 'hat'." According to reports, the county requisitions land every yearDemolitionMore than 70% of petitions were triggered, and many cadres had to cover villages and households to prevent "petitions."
Even though expropriation and relocation are so difficult, some local governments cannot suppress their impulse. Local cadres said that development is the last word. If large projects are not implemented, development will be impossible. Looking at the county's planning, every town and street has big projects: international trade city, modern industrial park, leisure resort island... As soon as the bulldozers rumbled over, the land on the outskirts of the city was bulldozed, the houses were demolished, and many farmers were "moved into the city". As a result, beautiful high-rise buildings rose from the ground, the GDP growth rate increased rapidly, and the local economy was filled with financial resources.
However, the brilliant results cannot hide the problems behind it. Some landless farmers complained: "We are given tens of thousands of yuan for one acre of land, but it is sold to developers for millions. It is unfair." "What will happen to our lives when the compensation is used up in a few years?" Some landless farmers have become a collective that "farms without land, works without jobs, and has no share in security." This has caused many social conflicts.
What is worrying is that this phenomenon is becoming more and more common at that time. In many places, low-cost land acquisition is driven by GDP worship and land finance.DemolitionThe motivation remains unchanged. If there is a shortage of land for urban development, we will aim at rural land; if there is a shortage of money for urban construction, we will go to rural areas for operation and development. Construction is in full swing everywhere. Land value-added income is always tilted towards cities, sacrificing farmers' interests for development. According to estimates, governments at all levels have expropriated approximately 100 million acres of land from farmers in the past 20 years, and the difference between land acquisition compensation and market price is approximately 2 trillion yuan.
Focusing only on economic interests and ignoring the rights and interests of farmers, many places have demolished villages to make way for land in the name of "urbanization" and "public interests", driving farmers "upstairs", and even resorting to violent expropriation and forced demolition. Behind the obvious urban construction, the deagriculturalization of farmland, the unemployment and proletarianization of farmers are increasingly intensifying. This kind of development that violates laws is destined to be dangerous and unsustainable development.
Experts estimate that there are currently 40-50 million landless farmers in the country, and they are increasing at a rate of 3 million every year. Generally speaking, they are different from farmers and urban residents. They have weak work ability, low social security level, and poor development ability, making them a marginalized group. The living conditions of landless farmers should be taken seriously. It is urgent to make up our minds to promote the reform of the land acquisition system.
Industrialization and urbanization are advancing rapidly, and land acquisitionDemolitionIt is unavoidable, and the key is to clarify policy orientation and institutional planning. The relocation and resettlement of farmers should not be a simple economic compensation or a "one-time deal" with farmers. We should also consider how to ensure the farmers' long-term rights to survival and development. It is necessary to stipulate from the system that land profits should be mainly used for farmers. Formulate a reasonable compensation mechanism to guide and assist landless farmers to accumulate property and promote their productive work. Fully respect farmers' wishes and allow farmers to equally participate in the development of rural land markets. Without huge profits, local governments will naturally not "get up early" and their motivation for land acquisition will be greatly reduced.
Land acquisitionDemolitionWhy be too hasty? Think more about the long-term livelihood of farmers. Maybe many conflicts can be resolved in advance.
A few days ago, I went to a county in central China for research and was asked about the biggest headache for the local government. The answers from local cadres were so consistent - rural land acquisition.Demolition! The cadres expressed their bitterness: "Development requires land, and you can't requisition the land, so you can't pay the accounts; but once the land is requisitioned, you will inevitably petition, and if you don't do it, you will be held accountable or even lose your 'hat'." According to reports, the county requisitions land every yearDemolitionMore than 70% of petitions were triggered, and many cadres had to cover villages and households to prevent "petitions."
Even though expropriation and relocation are so difficult, some local governments cannot suppress their impulse. Local cadres said that development is the last word. If large projects are not implemented, development will be impossible. Looking at the county's planning, every town and street has big projects: international trade city, modern industrial park, leisure resort island... As soon as the bulldozers rumbled over, the land on the outskirts of the city was bulldozed, the houses were demolished, and many farmers were "moved into the city". As a result, beautiful high-rise buildings rose from the ground, the GDP growth rate increased rapidly, and the local economy was filled with financial resources.
However, the brilliant results cannot hide the problems behind it. Some landless farmers complained: "We are given tens of thousands of yuan for one acre of land, but it is sold to developers for millions. It is unfair." "What will happen to our lives when the compensation is used up in a few years?" Some landless farmers have become a collective that "farms without land, works without jobs, and has no share in security." This has caused many social conflicts.
What is worrying is that this phenomenon is becoming more and more common at that time. In many places, low-cost land acquisition is driven by GDP worship and land finance.DemolitionThe motivation remains unchanged. If there is a shortage of land for urban development, we will aim at rural land; if there is a shortage of money for urban construction, we will go to rural areas for operation and development. Construction is in full swing everywhere. Land value-added income is always tilted towards cities, sacrificing farmers' interests for development. According to estimates, governments at all levels have expropriated approximately 100 million acres of land from farmers in the past 20 years, and the difference between land acquisition compensation and market price is approximately 2 trillion yuan.
Focusing only on economic interests and ignoring the rights and interests of farmers, many places have demolished villages to make way for land in the name of "urbanization" and "public interests", driving farmers "upstairs", and even resorting to violent expropriation and forced demolition. Behind the obvious urban construction, the deagriculturalization of farmland, the unemployment and proletarianization of farmers are increasingly intensifying. This kind of development that violates laws is destined to be dangerous and unsustainable development.
Experts estimate that there are currently 40-50 million landless farmers in the country, and they are increasing at a rate of 3 million every year. Generally speaking, they are different from farmers and urban residents. They have weak work ability, low social security level, and poor development ability, making them a marginalized group. The living conditions of landless farmers should be taken seriously. It is urgent to make up our minds to promote the reform of the land acquisition system.
Industrialization and urbanization are advancing rapidly, and land acquisitionDemolitionIt is unavoidable, and the key is to clarify policy orientation and institutional planning. The relocation and resettlement of farmers should not be a simple economic compensation or a "one-time deal" with farmers. We should also consider how to ensure the farmers' long-term rights to survival and development. It is necessary to stipulate from the system that land profits should be mainly used for farmers. Formulate a reasonable compensation mechanism to guide and assist landless farmers to accumulate property and promote their productive work. Fully respect farmers' wishes and allow farmers to equally participate in the development of rural land markets. Without huge profits, local governments will naturally not "get up early" and their motivation for land acquisition will be greatly reduced.
Land acquisitionDemolitionWhy be too hasty? Think more about the long-term livelihood of farmers. Maybe many conflicts can be resolved in advance.
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