Agricultural comprehensive mechanization level reaches 57%

According to the National Agricultural Machinery Acquisition Subsidy Conference held in Hangzhou on the 26th, the purchase subsidy policy of agricultural machinery has been implemented since 2004. The country has subsidized purchase of 22.722 million sets of agricultural machinery and equipment, and the total power of agricultural machinery has reached 1 billion. In kilowatts, the level of agricultural mechanization accelerated. The nationwide implementation of the basic mechanization of wheat, rice machinery planting level from 7.1% in 2005 to more than 30%, corn machine harvest levels from 4% to 40%, the rapid transformation of agricultural production methods.

Zhang Taolin, deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that the agricultural machinery purchase subsidy policy has effectively promoted the development of China's agricultural mechanization, gradually eased the outstanding contradictions of young and old labor shortages, guaranteed grain production and agricultural stability, and promoted the integration of agricultural technology, cost-effectiveness and scale. The operation will really enable the peasants to get benefits, develop agriculture, and benefit enterprises.

However, the level of agricultural mechanization development in China is still relatively small compared with developed countries, especially the economic crop machine yield is low, peanuts less than 20%, rape, cotton less than 10%. Zhang Taolin said that in the coming period, China still must vigorously upgrade the level of China's agricultural mechanization, improve the structure of agricultural equipment, and increase the overall production capacity of agriculture, give priority to the development of mechanized production of food crops, and gradually promote full-scale and comprehensive mechanization.