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Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal – Vol. 9, No. 11
Publication Date: November 25, 2022
DOI:10.14738/assrj.911.13374. Wu, H., Chen, L., Zhang, X., Cheng, Y., Huang, X., Zhou, N., Lu, Y., Weng, Y., Zhang, X., Wu, R., Lin, Z., Chu, C. C. (2022). Research on
the Effect of Revitalizing Homestead for Realizing Long-term Poverty Alleviation under the Background of Rural Revitalization.
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9(11). 73-82.
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Research on the Effect of Revitalizing Homestead for Realizing
Long-term Poverty Alleviation under the Background of Rural
Revitalization
Hailing Wu
Business School, Foshan University, Guangdong, 528000, China
Liyun Chen
Business School, Foshan University, Guangdong, 528000, China
Xiao Zhang
Business School, Foshan University, Guangdong, 528000, China
Yiyuan Cheng
Business School, Foshan University, Guangdong, 528000, China
Xiying Huang
Business School, Foshan University, Guangdong, 528000, China
Nanchang Zhou
Business School, Foshan University, Guangdong, 528000, China
Yongshan Lu
Business School, Foshan University, Guangdong, 528000, China
Yulin Weng
Business School, Foshan University, Guangdong, 528000, China
Xuelin Zhang
Business School, Foshan University, Guangdong, 528000, China
Ruiyao Wu
Business School, Foshan University, Guangdong, 528000, China
Zesen Lin
Business School, Foshan University, Guangdong, 528000, China
Chien Chi Chu
Business School, Foshan University, Guangdong, 528000, China
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Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal (ASSRJ) Vol. 9, Issue 11, November-2022
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ABSTRACT
With the progress of industrialization and urbanization and the successful
completion of the battle against poverty in 2020, China has achieved a feat in the
history of poverty alleviation, and this is followed by a critical period for winning
the battle against poverty and realizing the goal of rural revitalization. The first
thing to solve is the problem of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers". In the
problem of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers", what is more difficult is how to
effectively use the idle homestead land and how to better solve the phenomenon of
wasted land resources. In view of this, this paper tries to explore the feasible
method suitable for revitalizing idle rural homestead in Guangdong Province from
the successful cases of local trial sites as the basic data, starting from the idle
homestead. It provides a feasible way to revitalize the idle rural homestead in most
areas of our province to achieve long-term poverty alleviation. This article is
arranged as follows: The first part mainly explains the economic development
analysis under the background of rural revitalization, the second part mainly
analyzes the utility of the homestead for rural revitalization, the third part analyzes
the current situation of poverty-stricken villages in the province, the fourth part
introduces our path analysis of revitalizing homestead under rural revitalization,
the fifth part is to provide the conclusion of revitalizing the homestead for reference
Keywords: Rural Revitalization, Homestead, Development, Value path
ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF RURAL REVITALIZATION
Background analysis
19th CPC National Congress stresses' rural revitalization strategy ',Overall poverty alleviation
was achieved in 2022, and absolute poverty was eliminated, but relative poverty still exists.
Driven by the goal of narrowing the poverty gap between urban and rural areas and integrating
the happiness index of urban and rural life, the CPC Central Committee has put forward policies
concerning the overall development of the Party and country. That is, rural revitalization
strategy to achieve long-term poverty alleviation policy. The overall promotion of the rural
revitalization strategy is a process of "activating" such elements as land, labor, capital and
technology.
Differences in the current unbalanced development of rural cities
First of all, the big cities are concentrated in the developed coastal areas in the east, while the
backward rural areas are mostly located in the west. Due to different natural conditions,
different degrees of transportation convenience, great differences in the speed of information
flow, and the concentration of resources, the gap between the rich and the poor becomes wider.
Secondly, with the development of industrialization and urbanization, capital and labor flow to
cities, and rural development is limited. There is no suitable talent to promote rural
revitalization, and the scope of income generation in rural areas is limited. Different from the
coordinated development of multiple industries in cities, villagers can only solve their living
problems with relatively simple work. In the current context of poverty alleviation, absolute
poverty does not exist, but relative poverty is widespread. For our country, rural revitalization
is an essential way to solve poverty. At present, the most important direction of rural
revitalization is to solve the problems of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers", and the problem
of idle rural homestead is becoming more and more critical in the "agriculture, rural areas and
farmers". We summarized the current situation and existing problems of homestead around
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Revitalizing Homestead for Realizing Long-term Poverty Alleviation under the Background of Rural Revitalization. Advances in Social Sciences
Research Journal, 9(11). 73-82.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.911.13374
the country, and also summarized the current government policies: There are three main
problems at present. One is that the governance system lags behind the reality of rural
development seriously, which is manifested in the lag of institutional concept, coarse
institutional content and backward local legislation. Second, the cadastral foundation work of
homestead is very weak. Third, land use and village planning is not fully covered and connected.
In view of these problems, the government has also carried out relevant policies. For example,
at the 14th Meeting of the Commission for Deepening Overall Reform of the CPC Central
Committee, the Pilot Plan for Deepening the Reform of the Rural Homestead System was a
policy designed to address the broad scope and complex interests of the homestead reform.
BASED ON THE STATUS QUO OF HOMESTEAD BEFORE AND AFTER THE ANALYSIS OF
THE IMPACT ON RURAL REVITALIZATION
Overview of the Homestead
Residential land is the collective construction land used by rural villagers to build houses and
ancillary facilities, including housing, ancillary houses and courtyards, etc. In terms of land
management, it belongs to (collective) construction land. The area of rural residential land
occupies 70% of the rural construction land, accounting for a significant proportion. Stipulated
in the constitution of rural housing land owned by the collective, this is determined by China's
socialist public property, so the reform on the basis of the rural homestead house-site in the
countryside for the collective farmers do not need to pay any land cost can be obtained, with
characteristics and function of social security, welfare generally cannot be inherited. However,
the houses built on the homestead belong to the personal property of the villagers and can be
inherited according to law. Villagers only have the right to use the homestead, no ownership.
Analysis of current situation of Homestead in Guangdong Province
We divided the areas for rural revitalization into three parts: North Guangdong, West
Guangdong and East Guangdong. North Guangdong has a large area of land and a large area of
residential sites, and there are often cases of one household building and illegal construction of
houses. People in eastern Guangdong have too strong feelings for the countryside, which leads
to the fact that most residents do not take the reform of housing land seriously. In western
Guangdong, the outflow of labor force is serious, and there are many idle housing sites in rural
areas, which not only wastes land resources, but also reduces the overall beauty of the
countryside.
With the process of urbanization and the acceleration of rural migration, the population flowing
from rural to urban areas is increasing year by year, and the phenomenon of rural hollowing is
becoming more and more serious. A large number of residential land is idle and abandoned,
and the inefficient use of residential land is prominent, which is manifested in the aspects of
multiple homes, excessive area and private occupation of residential land. According to the
survey results, the vacant rates of housing land in the state-designated and provincially
designated poor villages are 12.1% and 13.8%, respectively, while the vacant rates of housing
land in the provincially designated poor villages and non-impoverished villages are 10.1% and
10.4%, respectively. There is a general lack of industrial support in poverty-stricken villages
and their surrounding areas, and migrant work has become the preferred way of livelihood for
farmers, which leads to idle and abandoned homestead in villages. However, poor villages and
non-poor villages under provincial classification tend to have better location conditions, so they
are more likely to work in nearby cities and towns, and the idle rate of homestead is low. In a