The full name of land reform refers to the change of feudal land ownership.
China has experienced three land reforms. The first time was at 194 1. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China implemented the land policy that landlords reduced rent and interest, and farmers paid rent and interest, which alleviated the feudal exploitation of landlords and improved farmers' anti-Japanese and production enthusiasm.
The second land reform was held in 1947 in China, and it was decided to carry out land reform in the liberated areas, confiscate the land of landlords, abolish the land system of feudal exploitation, and distribute land according to the average rural population.
The Third Land Reform 1950, the Central People's Government promulgated the Land Reform Law of the People's Republic of China, abolishing feudal land ownership and implementing peasant-class land ownership.
The Significance of the Third Land Reform
By the end of 1952, the national land reform was basically completed, and more than 300 million farmers were allocated land. Farmers became the masters of the land and turned over politically and economically. At the same time, the completion of the land reform completely abolished the feudal land exploitation system, changed the production relations in rural areas, improved farmers' enthusiasm for production, and further consolidated the alliance of workers and peasants and the people's democratic dictatorship.