The Jinnan Farmers Modern Research

China's modernization cannot go without farmers, and farmers are the majority of our population, who play a pivotal role in the socialist modernization construction. The comprehensive power competition between countries under the background of economic globalization; the development of mordern culture through traditional fanning culture;the construction of harmonious society and new countryside, are all inseparable from the farmers' modernization. The paper showed the present development situation of farmers' modernization through empirical investigation in D and F village of south Shanxi,and explored the factors affectting farmers'modernization level. Finally, it summarized and discussed on these basis.Research findings:farmers in two villages have gained certain modern characteristics in production mode, life style and values as well as other qualities adapting to modern development. In production mode, most farmers investigated have accepted modern machinery and agricultural techniques, and know the importance of the market; in life style, farmers'consumptions are of diversified contents,and almost every family possesses televisions, bikes and other modern equipments; in values, farmers have a more positive consciousness of political participation, and pay more attention to education. Most of them believe in their self-abilities, open to new experiences and can adapt to changes in the environment.Factors that significantly influence farmers'modernizition level include four variables:gender, age, family telephone (have it or not)and financial situation in the community,which have significant influence on farmers' modernization level,while factors such as migrant experiences, sales productivity of agricultural products, education level, religious belief and other variables have no significant influence on farmers'modernization level.