Abstract:Based on the questionnaire survey data of 301 households collected from Suizhou city and Huanggang City of Hubei province,this paper analyzes the willingness and its influencing factors of rural labor force engaged in professional agricultural production.The result shows that firstly, a considerable proportion (41.5%) of rural labor force is willing to become a professional farmers, many farmers have strong interest in farming, but they cannot get enough arable land and no good quality land can be operated in current rural society.Secondly,farmers’livelihood significantly affects the willingnessofrural labor force to engage in professional agricultural production.In terms of livelihood patterns, compared with the pure nonfarm households, the labor force in the parttime peasant household is more likely to be a professional farmer.Considering the resource endowment, having agricultural machinery and the actual operation of cultivated land have positive stimulating effect.In terms of living conditions, the greater pressure the money spending has on household, the stronger the labor force desires to engage in professional agricultural production.In addition, educational level of individual labor force, the government’s agricultural subsidies have significantly positive correlation with the individual’s willingness to engage in professional agricultural production, while the availability of land is significantly negatively correlated with the individual’s willingness to engage in professional agricultural production.