Legislative Perfection of Governance Structure of Farmer Professional Cooperatives in China

The development of modern agriculture can not be separated from the development of farmer professional cooperatives, and the core of sustainable development of the cooperatives lies in the formation of relatively perfect governance structure. Chapter IV of Law on Farmer Professional Cooperatives of People’s Republic of China stipulates the organization structure of cooperatives. However, because of historical reasons and limitation of legislative techniques, there is much omission in the institutional regulation of cooperative governance. Due to inadequate system supply of farmer professional cooperatives and deficiency in related rights and obligations, normative guidance can not be provided for the governance practice of farmer professional cooperatives in China, thereby leading to the inefficiency of cooperative management. Therefore, it is imminent to revise laws