Capital flowing into rural areas harms the land and farmers

As everyone knows, the core themes for the next 15 years are common prosperity, county-level economies, and rural revitalization. This has led to capital flowing into rural areas (particularly as regulations tighten elsewhere). However, once capital enters, local governments, eager to attract investment, disregard farmers' interests. Land transfer payments are kept low—often just 200 RMB per mu per year, with 30-year contracts. Capital then shifts cultivation to high-return crops like fruit trees, overusing fertilizers that eventually compact the soil and reduce yields, leaving farmers with a degraded mess.

According to the article, the typical annual crop income from one mu of land is only about 1,200 RMB, which explains the saying that land rent exceeding 1,200 RMB makes farming unprofitable. This highlights how low farmers' incomes are: a year's work might barely equal one month's salary for someone in a big city.

Strictly Prevent Capital from Speculating on and Damaging Rural Land