[Objective] The willingness of the public to participate in the land reclamation of abandoned mines was studied to understand the attitude of the public towards the reclamation of abandoned mine land and to explore the path of public participation in the reclamation of such lands.[Methods] From the perspective of individual behavior, 872 survey questionnaires from five main abandoned mining areas in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, were taken as the study area. Four factors related to the willingness of the public to participate in the land reclamation of abandoned mines were investigated:public demand, behavior attitude, subjective norm, and perceptual behavior control.[Results] ① The coefficients of public demand, behavior attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavior control for public participation in the land reclamation of abandoned mines were 0.86, 0.56, 0.34, and -0.62, respectively. Public demand was the most important factor that affected the willingness of the public to participate in the land reclamation of abandoned mines. ② Public demand, behavior attitude, and subjective regulation had a significant positive effect on the willingness of the public to participate in the land reclamation of abandoned mines, whereas the perceptual behavior control had a negative effect on it. ③ Among the factors influencing the willingness of the public to participate, there were significant correlations between public demand, behavior attitude, and perceptual behavior control. ④ The influence degrees of each measurable variable of public participation on the latent variable of abandoned mine land reclamation were quite different.[Conclusion] Public participation in the reclamation of abandoned mine land should be based on a solution of the public's own needs, the protection of rights, and the maintenance of fairness and justice.