Farmers prepared to reap benefits from land reform

New policy to allow transfer of land-use rights will help boost development of rural economy, report Wang Zhenghua in Anhui province and He Na in Beijing.

When Shi Quan arrived in Fengyang, Anhui province in 2006, he immediately sensed a business opportunity.

Shi realized that the system whereby farmers worked scattered plots of often unproductive land was outdated, so he set about changing it.