Abstract:Land is basic condition for rapid development of society and economy. It is an important, overall and strategic issue in the process of modernization. Strict land management is not only a long-term plan of implementing scientific concept of development and ensuring the long-term sustainable economic and social development plan, but also an important issure to maintain the current good situation of reform and development. In this paper, basic approaches in carrying out protection of farmland, main problems and relative countermeasures for improving the long-term mechanisms of farmland protection are discussed.