Practice and consideration on social security work for landless farmers during the process of urbanization in China.

[Objective]The present study was conducted to summarize and analyze the social security work for landless farmers during the process of urbanization in order to promote the urbanization in China stably and provide references for construction of harmonious society. [Method]Through summarizing and analyzing the social security work for landless farmers during the process of urbanization of various provinces/cities in China, the problems existing in the social security system for landless farmers were analyzed. Based on the analysis, the study recommended some strategies for improvement and perfection of social security work for landless farmers during the process of urbanization. [Result]The studies on the social security system and analysis of the data revealed the existence of following problems: low level of social security, low enthusiasm and some hesitation to participate in social security for farmers, difficulty in bringing all landless farmers into current urban social security system, difficulty in acquiring jobs for landless farmers, lack of specific rules or management practices to ensure the social security for landless farmers, low land requisition compensation standard, etc. [Suggestion]Some suggestions have made in order to promote the urbanization, which include definition of property right of rural land, amendments in land requisition procedures, reasonable land requisition compensation, improvement of social security system for landless farmers, better management of social security payments, establishment of retraining system for landless farmers to obtain jobs again, formulation of ‘leaving land for resettlement’ policy, etc.