'Zone Fever', the Arable Land Debate, and Real Estate Speculation: China's evolving land use regime and its geographical contradictions

Key Points

• The paper explores how China's land use policies affect agricultural land and real estate markets.
• Qualitative analysis of land use policies and real estate trends
• Examination of case studies related to urbanization and agriculture
• Review of geographical contradictions in land use
• Identified a significant increase in real estate speculation impacting agricultural land availability
• Revealed contradictions between land use policies and sustainable agricultural practices
• Highlighted the challenges posed by rapid urbanization on land usage patterns