Abstract
Despite an increase in the codification of Chinese property rights, more and more\r evictees are relying on other forms of protest, such as petitioning non-judicial\r offices, attracting media attention, and attempting suicide. In order to understand the prevalence of insecurity among the Chinese population towards property laws, this paper studies the current land-use rights system of the People’s Republic of China. Specifically, it seeks to answer the following questions: how has land ownership evolved? Why was a reform necessary and how did it parallel earlier concepts of land ownership?