Abstract:

The increase rate of a Chinese farmer's income has been a sustained drop for recent years, which is converse to our macro-economic environment. Ther e are many causes underlying it, and the in-depth cause accounts for the system is sues. One of them is about unclear property relations between farmer and farmland syst em, which leads to a big loss of land and funds in the course of requisition of land and a loss of farmers' fields and jobs. The second is about the residential system wi th a division between urban and rural areas, which prevents the majority population o f farmers from flowing into cities. That is the reason why they work in a few fiel ds for so long a period and why the agricultural production is so extremely small-scale d and inefficient. The third one is about the two different public product supply syst ems between urban and rural areas, which means the government provides public produc ts for urban residents, while rural public products are provided by farmers themsel ves, thus burdening the farmers and reducing their income.

Key words: farmer's income, farmland system, residential syste m, supply system