Abstract
Since China's reform and opening up policies, the economy has developed a lot, which has led to urbanization. This urbanization developed even further after the 1990s due to large-scale city development by the Chinese government. As a result, the land of many peasants' was expropriated to meet the need of city construction. In times of planned economy, peasants would be given a job as compensation after their land was expropriated. But in a market-oriented economy, peasants cannot get any guarantee of employment, which makes their life harder. The purpose of this study is to investigate the employment problems of land-expropriated peasants who live in underdeveloped cities, the employment support policies which are established by the local government, and the effect of these polices. Based on the above study, some effective recommendations are to be proposed to improve the employment of land-expropriated peasants.
