Accelerate the scientific and technological innovation of agricultural machinery and promote the scientific development of Mechanised agriculture

On September 28, the Mechanised agriculture Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture held a summit forum on agricultural machinery scientific and technological innovation and Mechanised agriculture development in Beijing, summarizing and exchanging the successful experience of China's agricultural machinery scientific and technological innovation, Mechanised agriculture and agricultural machinery industry development since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and exploring new ideas, new ways and new policies to accelerate agricultural machinery scientific and technological innovation and promotion.

According to Zong Jinyao, Director of the Department of Mechanised agriculture Management of the Ministry of Agriculture, since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the central financial subsidy for agricultural machinery purchase has increased significantly year after year, which has greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of farmers to purchase machinery and the enthusiasm of enterprises to produce. The total amount of agricultural machinery equipment in China has grown and the speed of structural optimization has never been faster. In 2011, the total power of agricultural machinery reached 977 million kilowatts, with 4.4 million large and medium-sized tractors; The level of agricultural machinery operation has improved unprecedentedly. In 2011, the comprehensive mechanization level of crop cultivation and harvest in China reached 54.8%, an increase of 22.5 percentage points compared to 2002, and the growth rate is equivalent to the total of the previous 35 years; The development speed of the agricultural machinery industry is unprecedented, with the total output value of enterprises above the scale of straightening machines increasing by 20% annually. China has leapt to become a major agricultural machinery manufacturing country in the world. In 2010, the comprehensive mechanization level of crop cultivation and harvesting in China exceeded 50% for the first time, marking a historic leap in China's agricultural production mode from relying mainly on human and animal labor to relying mainly on mechanized operations. The leap forward development of Mechanised agriculture has effectively alleviated the prominent contradiction of labor shortage among Young adult, effectively guaranteed the stable development of agriculture, excavated the potential of grain production increase, led the improvement of farming system, promoted the integration of agricultural technology, cost saving and efficiency increasing and scale operation, accelerated the process of agricultural modernization, and made important contributions to the realization of "eight consecutive increases" in grain output and "eight consecutive rapid increases" in farmers' income.

Zong Jinyao pointed out that at present, China's agricultural production mode has entered a new era dominated by mechanization, and Mechanised agriculture has entered a new era of accelerating development, improving structure, improving quality, and expanding fields. Agricultural machinery science and technology innovation has entered a new stage of integration of Mechanised agriculture technology, biotechnology, information technology, etc. Accelerating agricultural machinery science and technology innovation is an inevitable choice to improve the international competitiveness of China's agricultural machinery, It is also the fundamental guarantee to promote the modernization of agriculture with Chinese characteristics, and it is also an important support to ensure food security, the construction of modern agriculture and the prosperity of the rural economy. The national agricultural mechanization system must rely on scientific and technological progress, change the development mode, accelerate the scientific and technological innovation of agricultural machinery, and promote the scientific development of Mechanised agriculture in a broader field and a higher level.

At the forum, Ye Xingqing, inspector of the Rural Department of the State Council Research Office, elaborated on the view that China's agricultural modernization has entered the medium-term stage, and deeply analyzed the historical opportunities faced by Mechanised agriculture; Academician Wang Maohua of China Agricultural University focused on the theme of "transformation, innovation, and development" in China's current development, explaining the development trends and existing problems of agricultural mechanization, and clarifying the enormous driving role of technological innovation in agricultural development; Academician Luo Xiwen of South China Agricultural University comprehensively described the current exploration and innovation in the integration of agricultural machinery and agronomy in various fields from the aspects of crop varieties, production technology system and agricultural machinery development; Professor Piao, a white man from China Agricultural University, proposed the goal, main direction and key fields of scientific and technological innovation in the field of agricultural mechanization at present; Li Shujun, president of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences, summarized the development achievements of agricultural mechanization and analyzed the gap between China and foreign countries; Liu Xian, the head of the Mechanised agriculture technology development and extension center of the Ministry of Agriculture, deepened his thinking on carrying out "agricultural mechanization technology innovation and extension action" from the aspects of laws, regulations, policies, technology and methods; Li Jun, Director General of Heilongjiang Provincial Bureau of Land Reclamation, combined with the current agricultural production technology in China and the world, took the rapid development process of Mechanised agriculture of land reclamation as an example to introduce the important role of agricultural machinery in agricultural science and technology; Wang Guimin, Chairman of Foton Lovol Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., analyzed the current development status of China's agricultural machinery industry and the challenges it faces in the future from the perspective of the enterprise, and put forward suggestions for technological innovation support.