On The Dual Land Property-right System In Modern Jiangnan

The dual land property-right is a special land right structure in Chinese history , which is the usually called permanent leasehold arragements, or "one field, twin owners" . Under the system, surface field has become an independent property-right of the rural tenants. The dual farm-land property-right is widely distributed in modern China, especially in Jiangnan region. Its formation can be mainly divided into seven categories, which is straightly connected with out-of-rural landlord system in Jiangnan region. Tenants can arrange the surface field freely, invest and manage on their own. So there is a very high efficiency in production. The land rent to be handed in to the landlord through "rent management" is comparatively low. At the same time, the circulation of the dual land property-right is embodied in the form of lease, mortgage, sale, pawn-broking and inheritance. For some deficiency, the surface field right has a strong incentive validity on property-right. Because of mandatory national intervene and revolutionary lashes instead of institutional drawbacks in itself, the dual land property-right withered away in Chinese history. The unique structure of the dual land property-right can bring about important historical experience and new thought for Chinese land property-right system reformation in the crossway today.