Auct of “Four kinds of barrens”in shanxi provice started in 1983. It has reached high tide since 1992,About 1.5million mu
had auctioned off from 1983 to may of 1993.The
auction has furtherly perfected and intensified the soiland water conservation system of job responsibility which put contracting small valley
control to house hold first.It isalso a great refermation of noncultivated land use system in the region of soil and water loss;basie prerequestite pro-moting economy of small valley into market economy,a great change of production relationships in hilly mountainareas, and important act to advance productive forces in the areas,The main procedure for the auction are:to givewide publicity,go deep into starting,establish organizration,strengthen leadship, unify plannirg,limit scope,evaluaterationally,decide selling price. prnouce publication,compete to enter bid,sign a contract,manage aceording to law.There are following advantages and characteristics for the auction of“Four kinds of barrens”,It has come true thatproprielary rights are separated from the rights of use, It is easy ot restrain and manage for oneself,to speed up therate of developement and control of soil and water loss regio. It is easy to develope and control scientif1cally and high-ly qualitive,and to improve economic benefits, It has established reliable foundation to give up poor and to step onrich.