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Reaping the Benefits 　　As the Chinese government draws up a long anticipated program to allow farmers the freedom to transfer their land use rights， thousands of farmers in an area in Heilongjiang Province known as Beidahuang， “the great northeastern wilderness，” China’s largest grain production base and its biggest cluster of State-owned farms， are fighting to reclaim their land. 　　Covering an area of 56，200 square kilometers， Beidahuang now has 43.2 million mu （6.9 million acres） of farmland across 113 State-owned farms， most of which were founded by local farmers in the early 1980s at th