Abstract: Based on the literature review and the research hypothesis of the relationship between capital endowment and farmer′s willingness to pay for the cultivated land protection,this paper used the survey data of 483 households from Wuhan“1+8”metropolitan area and employed the order logistic model to test empirically the impacts of capital endowment on the farmers′ willingness to pay for cultivated land protection.The results show that: (1)33.5% of the farmers are willing to pay around 20 Yuan to protect the cultivated land and the overall level is low; compared to suburban,the outer suburbs farmers have a stronger willingness than the farmers in suburban stronger cultivated land dependence.(2) As far as the significant variables are concerned in each model,except for the total annual household income of economic capital, the remaining capital endowments have a significant positive impact on the willingness to pay for cultivated land protection.(3)On the whole, compared with economic and cultural capital, social capital have a stronger influence on farmers′ willingness to pay for cultivated land protection.(4)There are significant differences in the impact of farmer capital endowments on the willingness to pay for cultivated land protection in suburban and outer suburbs:compared to outer suburbs,the influence of the remaining farmer capital on the willingness to pay for farmland protection is greater in suburban in addition to the relationship with relatives and friends;further analysis find that total annual household income and family laborers of economic capital and statements in mass meetings of social capital have a significant impact on the suburban farmer;while the degree of trust in village collectives of village-type and the degree of relationship with relatives and friends of neighborhood-type all have an important impact on the willingness of farmers to pay for cultivated land protection in suburban and outer suburbs,and only the degree of relationship with relatives and friends of neighborhood-type is valid in suburban.The major findings derived from the study can be summarized as follows:it is necessary to establish various rural cooperative economic organizations actively,improve the savings level of farmers;develop rural education vigorously,especially vocational education and continuing education;encourage farmers to participate in the organization of rural social collective activities actively to strengthen communication among farmers, farmers and village cadre; especially strengthen the construction of rural collective organizations in outer suburbs to improve the accumulation of capital endowment of farmers to enhance the willingness of farmers to pay for cultivated land protection,and promote cultivated land protection better.