This article analyses the effects of political identity on the intention and behaviors of farmers' land transfer based on survey data collected from 3305 farm households in 28 provinces. The study defines political identity from two aspects, namely, whether the household head is a Party member and whether there are cadres in a household. The findings are as follow. Firstly, farm households having political identity are more wiUing to lease out their land operation right. Secondly, farm households having political identity are less willing to l...