The special feature “Negotiating Agrarian Futures in China” under the guest editorship of Karita Kan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and René Trappel, University of Freiburg, has been published in the latest issue of China Perspectives (2021/2). The feature also includes an article by René Trappel on state-led agrarian change in Gansu Province (“From Peasant to Elite: Reshaping Agriculture in Gansu Province”), which is provided in open access.