Rural Old-Age Security System and Land Use Right Transfer of Bai Minority in Yunnan Dali Prefecture: A Case of Jianchuan County, P.R. China

Abstract

The major purposes of this dissertation, entitled “Rural Old-Age Security System and Land Use Right Transfer of Bai Minority in Yunnan Dali Prefecture: A Case of Jianchuan County, P.R.China”, aimed 1) to analyze the patterns of the Bai minority’s rural old-age security system in relations to land holding and land use right transfer of the old-age in Jianchuan county; 2) to analyze the causes of land use right transfer of Bai minority’s old-age villagers in Jianchuan county, as well as 3) to formulate an appropriate model of land use right transfer for the Bai minority’s old-age security system in Jianchuan county. The findings of the study revealed that the family was the foundation of the farmer's old-age security; moreover, strengthening the legal mechanism for their family pension was supported. Specifically, combining in a diverse manner included 1) Playing the government’s main roles; 2) Providing the community’s pension services [1]; 3) Implementing new policies on rural land transfer system, and 4) Promoting the national land management system. Also, a new rural land transfer system was implemented for the project [2].