Author(s)

Jieqian Zhang

Corresponding Author

Jieqian Zhang

Abstract

The management of rural collective-owned assets is the fundamental precondition of deepening the reform of rural collective property rights institution, and an objective requirement for protecting farmers’ property rights, and also, the prior basis for enhancing the management of collective-owned assets. However, because of historical reasons and the complexity of the reality, the escheatage and ownership of rural collective-owned assets are not clear, and it’s hard to assess the value. So that it’ll be a complex and challenging task to check, verify and confirm the property. In this article, we took as the study object the work of managing rural collective-owned assets, and carried out researches on problems during implement and the causes of them. It is found that there are problems in rural assets verification, such as property ownership is hard to define, the contracts are controversial, accounts and facts differ, difficulty in determining asset value, the lack of enthusiasm and the Limited Proficiency of Participants, etc. Accordingly, follow the Principle of “Who Invests, Who Owns” to define the ownership of property rights, resolve contract disputes in accordance according to the law, adjust accounts based on facts, multiple measurement methods to approve asset value, hiring professional institutions and personnel to solve difficult problems and some other suggestions are proposed to solve these challenging issues.

Keywords

Rural Areas; Collective Assets; Asset & Capital Verification