Study On The Social Security Function Of Cultivated Land

The purpose of this study is to contribute to the establishment and development of China’s rural social security system, to provide an effective basis for the rational allocation of rural land use, and its land functional classification. The study analyzed the history of the rural land system and the rural social security system. The study defined the social security function and its structure. Social security of rural land is mainly four aspects, they are minimum living allowance, old-age security, health care security, employment security. A case of Gansu Province by using the Alternative Method, the study calculated the social security value of rural land of Gansu Province to be1.06million Yuan per hectare.By using questionnaire to value the rural land. The result of questionnaire shows the rural land are still have a strong effect on farmer on the two aspects of minimum living security and employment protection. Although the effect of old-age security and medical support capability became weakening, the most parts of farm are still select land for their pension. By using horizontal comparison, the average of China as well as Beijing and Shan xi Province, analysis of the social security function of rural land in Gansu Province demonstrated that the value is still high. The social security function of rural land still plays an important role for farmers in Gansu, but at the same time the social security function of land involves a suppression of the land’s economic function. According to the current situation of Gansu Province, the paper give three proposes. They are to improve land utilization, to improve the rural social security system, and to develop the farmer by education and training.