Abstract: This paper made an empirical study of the influence of confirmation of rural land rights on agricultural product efficiency by utilizing the SBM-Super-DEA method and spatial panel model with relevant dataset from 2003 to 2016 of 30 provinces in China.The research demonstrated that: there is a significant “spatial spillover effect” in the efficiency of agricultural production in China;the certification system of the right to contractual management of rural land triggers a significant “spatial spillover effect” of agricultural production efficiency:after a region is included in the pilot project, the surrounding areas will apply to the central government for pilot policy under the incentive and restriction of regional agricultural product competition, triggering the “space demonstration effect” of land confirmation, which perfectly couples with the “property right mechanism” of land confirmation,and triggers the “spatial spillover effect” of agricultural production efficiency.Therefore, we should take the lead in bringing the potential areas of “space demonstration effect” in the reform of rural land property rights system into the scope of pilot projects, and implement a differentiated pilot level targeting mechanism according to the reform objectives of rural land property rights system reform.

Key words: rural land contractual management right, right confirmation registration and certification, spatial spillover effect, agricultural production efficiency