Abstract: The family farms are newly emerging in Xiamen and are still in the preliminary and exploratory stage at present. Some limitations have hindered the development of family farms, such as the unclearly defined access conditions, difficulties in land transfer, cash shortage, defectiveness of social service system and weak managerial capacity of farmers, etc. Therefore, it is proposed to specify the access standard, improve the mechanisms for land transfer, expand the financing channels, establish a complete social service system and enhance the competency of the farmers in order to promote the further development of family farms in Xiamen.