China has announced new rules governing the transfer of rural land, sparking fears that the ruling Communist Party may be gearing up for the mass confiscation and reallocation of farmland. The new rules, which come after the administration of supreme party leader Xi Jinping made it easier in 2016 for farmers to be bought out of household responsibility leases, require officials to "give full play to government leadership" via controversial "agricultural management" enforcement officials. The move comes amid an ongoing government campaign to "stabilize the grain supply" and other moves to ensure food security, including revamping moribund Mao-era food co-ops and ordering the construction of state-run canteens.

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