Study on the “Housing with Limited Property Rights” in transitional China A case of Xingwei Village in Nanjing, China

The “Housing with Limited Property Rights (HLPR)” has become a very serious problem confronted within Chinese urban development. This paper attempts to unveil the formation mechanism of the HLPR in Nanjing. It first provides the research background and then reviews the most important literature on this issue. Subsequently, this paper puts forward a conceptual framework which is mainly based on theory of space, power and resistance. After briefly introducing the general condition of HLPR in Nanjing, this paper analyzes the formation mechanism of HLPR in Xingwei Village, and the problems it caused. This paper identifies that, it is the practice of state power during the process of rural land expropriation, the extremely tense financial situation confronted with the villagers committee, and its political identity related to the financial condition, which mutually integrate and generate the illegal action of occupying collectively owned land to real estate development.