After the abolition of the rural household registration, what exactly are farmers afraid of?

The plan to abolish the rural household registration was proposed several years ago, and as of now, at least 30 provinces have introduced plans for converting agricultural household registration to non-agricultural status. Quite a few rural household registration residents have been discussing online: doesn't abolishing the rural household registration mean pushing farmers into the cities and then losing the land left by their ancestors? Without land, what will we rely on to eat? Rural areas now have more protections, and rural people can also buy social insurance just the same; I was born and grew up in the countryside, I am a rural person myself. We don't want to transfer our household registration, we don't want to be city people... Many voices like this have appeared online, so once the rural household registration is abolished, will farmers really lose their land?

According to population experts, many people now believe that once farmers lose their status they will lose their land, but this is not actually the case. The resident system does not deprive farmers of their property, but rather gives farmers an equal status and equal treatment. The resident household registration is neither a conversion into a non-agricultural household registration nor the urban household registration of the past concept, but rather emphasizes that within the national territory, all statuses are equal.

Converting from agricultural to non-agricultural status does not necessarily mean giving up land, and even if one does give it up, it will not simply be a matter of giving housing and compensation money; there will definitely have to be efforts to narrow the gap with urban residents in areas such as social insurance. Take Beijing as an example: at present, for those who have already converted from agricultural to non-agricultural status, treatment in social insurance, medical care and education is roughly the same as that of city people, only the pension is a bit lower than in the city.

Abolishing the distinction between agricultural and non-agricultural household registration is a historical inevitability and progress in social management, but it is not as simple as just changing a "booklet". Next, the relevant departments need to devote more energy to solidifying a series of management systems after the household registration reform, especially after household registration becomes undifferentiated, ensuring a rebalancing of citizens' treatment between urban and rural residents in education, medical care, pensions, unemployment and so on, and moreover gradually improving all supporting systems, so that this arduous task of eliminating the urban-rural gap can reach a new level.

In short, abolishing the agricultural household registration is only a substantive step forward in breaking the urban-rural dual structure; farmers' contracted land, homestead land and collective construction land remain yours, and your land will not be taken away just because you changed your household registration.

In the future, the identity of "farmer" will no longer exist, and "farmer" will become a profession. In the future, those engaged in agriculture in China will be truly farm owners, entrepreneurs and companies that understand agricultural technology, and agricultural planting and production will take the path of improved production efficiency and large-scale operation.

Actually, I want to say, living in the countryside and being a farmer is pretty good too!