Objective/Meaning  With the development of industrialization and urbanization, the quantity and quality of cultivated land in China were declining continuously. Therefore, the establishment of ecological compensation methods and systems for cultivated land protection should be explored to provide support for ensuring the stable and sustainable supply of ecological functions of cultivated land system and realizing the ecological protection of cultivated land.

  Methods/Procedures  Under the background of recuperation system, by taking the comprehensive pilot province of national ecological compensation in Fujian Province as an opportunity, the current situation of cultivated land resources in Fujian Province, the current ecological compensation measures for cultivated land and the existing problems of cultivated land protection were comprehensively analyzed, and then the construction strategy for the ecological compensation system of cultivated land in Fujian Province was put forward.

  Results/Conclusions  Fujian Province had less cultivated land in plains, but more cultivated land in mountains and hills, and had the characteristics of less land and more people. Fujian Province has actively explored the ecological compensation method of cultivated land based on the actual situation of the province, and has achieved certain results. However, there were still some problems such as the single way of compensation subject, the lack of institutional framework, and the lack of ecological compensation standards. In view of this, three measures were put forward to establish and perfect the ecological compensation system of cultivated land, including perfecting the system framework, establishing the ecological compensation standard and exploring the classified protection mode.