School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Centre for Quality of Life and Public Policy Research, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 22;19(21):13751. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192113751.
China has been undergoing rapid urbanization and industrialization process since the adoption of economic reform and open-door policy in 1978, which is leading to tremendous urban growth and encroachment on rural farmland. To address the conflicts between urban development and farmland protection, the Chinese government introduced the transferable development rights (TDR) program named the Link Policy, and it was popularized nationwide given the tremendous land revenue from policy implementation. However, as farmers are the key stakeholders, the impacts of the policy on farmers' income need to be examined and justified. Thus, this paper aims to fill this gap by taking Chongqing as a case study. The synthetic control method was introduced to construct a synthetic Chongqing without the policy implementation using the 49 municipal cities and Chongqing during 2000-2017. Findings from the analysis indicate that Chongqing's TDR program significantly promoted farmers' income at the beginning of the policy implementation, while the positive impacts became weak afterward. Based on these findings, a few policy suggestions including a fair revenue distribution scheme and protection of farmers' land use rights are offered to facilitate the policy implementation and increase farmers' household income in the coming future.
自 1978 年中国实行经济改革和开放政策以来，一直处于快速的城市化和工业化进程中，这导致了城市的巨大增长和对农村农田的侵占。为了解决城市发展和农田保护之间的冲突，中国政府引入了可转让发展权（TDR）计划，即“挂钩政策”，并在全国范围内推广，因为该政策的实施带来了巨大的土地收益。然而，由于农民是关键利益相关者，因此需要对政策对农民收入的影响进行检验和证明。因此，本文以重庆市为例，旨在填补这一空白。采用合成控制法，利用 2000-2017 年重庆市 49 个市和重庆市的数据，构建了一个没有政策实施的合成重庆市。分析结果表明，重庆市 TDR 计划在政策实施初期显著促进了农民的收入，而随后的积极影响逐渐减弱。基于这些发现，本文提出了一些政策建议，包括公平的收益分配方案和保护农民的土地使用权，以促进政策的实施，并在未来增加农民的家庭收入。
