On Accepting and Affording Subjects in Economic Compensation of Cultivated Land Protection Based on Questionnaire Surveys

Defining accepting and affording subjects of cultivated land protection economic compensation is the key of constructing the economic compensation system and mechanisms of cultivated land protection. The internal and interregional accepting subjects of economic compensation of cultivated land protection were defined and analyzed based on the theory of externalities donator. Meanwhile, the internal and interregional affording subjects of economic compensation of cultivated land protection were also defined and analyzed based on the externalities acceptor and its action patterns. Results suggest that (1) The externalities of cultivated land protection consist of internal and interregional externalities in terms of different consumption subjects. The externality problem of cultivated land protection can be conceptually divided into the internal externality problem and interregional externality problem. The internal externality problem is generally influenced by internal and interregional externalities; 2) The subject of cultivated land protection can be divided into the management subject, social supervision subject, and utilization subject by patterns of the behavior and mode of action of the subject in cultivated land protection; 3) The utilization subject of cultivated land may be defined as the accepting subject of internal economic compensation in cultivated land protection in terms of the characteristics and connotation of externalities donator. The key areas for cultivated land protection may be termed an agent donator as it has not the characteristics of externalities donator. It consists of all accepting subjects in internal economic compensation in the key areas, also referred to as interregional union accepting subject of economic compensation of cultivated land protection; 4) The affording subject involves internal and interregional individuals who gain ecological and social benefits from cultivated land protection. It is indicated that the outside area economic subject that obtains ecological and social benefits from cultivated land protection can be incorporated into the income of households by the economic compensation system of interregional cultivated land protection. Developed areas may be termed an agent acceptor as it has not the characteristics of externalities acceptor. It consists of all affording subjects in internal economic compensation in the developed areas, referred to as interregional union affording subject of economic compensation of cultivated land protection. The definitions of the accepting and affording subjects of economic compensation in cultivated land protection present in this study seem to be able to address the problems of beneficiaries and hearing-impaired theoretically. It is also helpful for the responsibility of the main body of management and social supervising subjects. The right, obligation, and responsibility of interregional accepting subject and affording subject should be reinforced to ensure the coordination of interregional cultivated land protection, and construct integrated dynamic regional and interregional economic compensation.