Currently, China’s land expropriation mode mainly includes the expropriation “driven by government” and “by masses appeal”. The land expropriation reform mode of Wenzhou is promoted by “masses appeal”, the typical characteristics of which are that governments solve “the livelihood appeal” of the people whose land has been expropriated, use “three-separation and three-reform” to give urban resident status to the peasant by his “land resources use right” and create economic environment to let the peasants “freely conduct agricultural work, or conduct commercial work or conduct industrial work” by their own will, which makes the peasants whose land has been expropriated have the dependence for livelihood and have hope for working. Based on the successful experience of Wenzhou’s land expropriation mode, the essence of the land expropriation reform mode promoted by “masses appeal” is driven by “masses appeal” and the “reform responded by governments”, has the characteristics of democracy, resilience and responsibility and is beneficial to melt social risk in the urbanization construction and to realize sustainable development of urban economy.