The 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has charted a course for the country's development.Among dozens of reform plans, rural land reform is considered close to the top of the agenda. CNC brings you a new kind of land exchange system in southwest China.
Even without his son and daughter by his side, Shen Jialiang, 50, will no longer worry about harvesting his 15 mu (1 hectare) of land in east China's Anhui Province.
Chinese real estate developers have dismissed a media report that claims they owe a massive amount in unpaid land taxes.
Urbanization reform is expected to give rural residents the chance to benefit more fully from China's development, said Chen Xiwen, a senior rural planner for the central government.
Zhou Bailin has been feeling a little jaded recently. His company just received an order worth over 400 million yuan (about 65.6 million U.S. dollars), but he had to hold back from the lucrative deal.
Insiders and experts have called for more government efforts to cool the property market and keep the overall housing prices in check as recent months saw a drastic surge in the land prices and a home price rebounce in major cities.
China included farmers' property rights into its government report for the first time on Tuesday - which could give them more protection against land grabs in the countryside.