The ambiguous delineation of legal rights and the lack of system-atic regulation in collective lands have contributed to the boominginformal land market where covert and disorderly competition forland rent differentials prevails. In the name of promoting localgrowth, these informal land development projects are carried outunder the guise of land development for lawful owner-occupation.However, the real motivation for these land development deals isto capture the land rent differentials, in this way, enriching localrevenues. Development becomes a pre-emptive measure againstpotential rent-taking by other joint nominal owners. This resultsin land development for the sake of rent-taking under the guiseof land development for the economic growth of townships andvillages (Tian and Zhu, 2013).