Farmers need patience for improved legislation

Chinese farmers may still have a long wait before the cap on compensation for rural land expropriation is scrapped, as a long-expected amendment that promises more aid to landless farmers failed to make lawmakers' latest agenda.

The amendment to the Land Administration Law, which removes the limit on rural property compensation during land expropriation, was not included for discussion during the ongoing session of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, the top legislature.

The session, scheduled from Monday to Wednesday, was the last bi-monthly meeting that the 11th NPC Standing Committee will have for law deliberation before the newly elected lawmakers of the 12th NPC start working in early March.