At present land re-arrangement has become a hot topic in the area of land management. It is also an issue drawn an extensive attention. The rural residential areas consolidation is an important component of country land consolidation. This essay is intended to discuss the target and significance, main forms, strategy and operation patterns of rural residential area land re-arrangement. The paper takes Shunyi district, Beijing Municipality as a case, which locates at the metropolitan outskirt and is economically developed. The paper expresses its view that market mechanism is a feasible pattern. It is a fully new development pattern of the rural real estate and it is also an innovation in the rural residential area land consolidation.