Abstract: Until now， there has not been specific legislation on farmland scale management in China， with a large number of direct regulations about farmland scale management existing in the form of public policy documents. Obviously， the lack of explicit legal provisions could lead to lots of practical problems when China carries on the policy of farmland scale management. Therefore， it is necessary for the relevant government departments to reconstruct the legal regulation system of farmland scale management， i.e.， based on the present policy documents and legal regulations， the farmland scale management law should be introduced as soon as possible. In this legislation，such legal systems as appropriate standards for the scale management of agricultural land， compulsory land consolidation， restrictions on the circulation of rural lands contractual management right， legal entry conditions of industrial and commercial enterprises into the circulation of agricultural land， and various agricultural land transfer modes and supporting financial policies should be set up in order to make it more functional.

Key words: farmland scale management, legal regulation, farmland scale management law