China began the exploration of household contract to household in November 1978, went through the first and second rounds of land contracting, and the implementation of the Rural Land Contracting Law in 2003 made comprehensive provisions on all aspects of land contracting, and farmers' land contracting rights and interests were more effectively guaranteed. The province where the case occurred carried out the second round of land contract extension pilot work around the Spring Festival of 2025. The households in the villages where the plaintiff and the defendant were located ended the second round of land contract period on June 30, 2025. Some villagers' groups carried out high-standard farmland transformation, that is, "merging small plots into large plots", just before the end of the second round of land contract. During this period, there were many disputes over land contract management rights, especially among brothers dividing their parents' contracted land. The village where the original accused party belongs entered the second round of online contract signing for land extension starting from July 1, 2025. After that, farmers waited to receive the certificates of the second round of land contract management rights issued by the government. It is suggested that relevant government departments at all levels should constantly explore methods and mechanisms for resolving disputes over the second round of land contract extension.

Sheng Fang. Exploration of the Second Round of Disputes over Land Contract Extension Management Rights—A Land Dispute between Two Brothers as an Example. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2026), Vol. 8, Issue 1: 20-27. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2026.080103.

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