Policy implementation is an important indicator of policy effectiveness. In
rural areas,policy
implementation is a mirror of grassroots governance. The article conducted an
empirical investigation on the implementation process of land acquisition
policy in S town H village of A city in northern Guangdong. The research shows
that in the process of land expropriation policies,village cadres have demonstrated obvious “asylum-executive” behavioral logic on
the identification of peasants’ “three-robbing” illegal
acts, the enumeration of land attachments and the
exercise of supervision power. The township government intends to complete and
must complete the land acquisition policy under the result-oriented and
multiple incentives. However, due to the shortage of
manpower and information asymmetry, the land
acquisition policy can only be transferred to the village cadres for execution
through reverse dependence. It left room for action for the asylum behavior of
village cadres. For the consideration of obtaining high economic compensation, the land-expropriated villagers seek refuge for the village cadres
by means of exchange of reciprocal means through the network of acquaintances.
The village cadres with ambiguous identities adopt “asylum” implementation strategy
to seek benefits beyond the limits of the law for the villagers, which ultimately led to deviations in land acquisition policy. In
order to effectively correct the “asylum” behavior of village cadres, it is necessary to fundamentally block the possibility of “asylum
execution” of village cadres,thus effectively
preventing the occurrence of deviations in policy implementation.