Current Development Status
Equipment Structure Optimization: As of 2023, the national agricultural machinery equipment inventory reached nearly 200 million sets, with a total power of 113.7 billion kilowatts, covering 32 major categories, 72 minor categories, and over 4,000 types of products. High-end intelligent agricultural machinery such as 300-horsepower continuously variable transmission tractors and pneumatic high-speed precision sowing machines have been mass-produced. Some domestic agricultural machinery products have achieved market share exceeding foreign models, and hillside agricultural machinery has also been successfully deployed on the front lines.
Industrial Development Prosperity: In 2023, there were over 2,200规模以上 agricultural machinery enterprises in the country， with a total business income of 242.8 billion yuan. Some leading enterprises have entered the first rank of global agricultural machinery enterprises， and some small and medium-sized enterprises have formed core competitiveness. Many regions have established agricultural machinery equipment clusters， and domestic brands' international competitiveness has continued to strengthen.
Improvement of Mechanization Level： In 2023， the comprehensive mechanization rate of crops reached 74.3%， with the three major staple crops (wheat， rice， and corn) basically achieving mechanization. The mechanization level in livestock and fishery breeding， agricultural product primary processing， and facility agriculture has also been continuously improving.
Future Development Trends
Intelligentization and Automation： Utilizing sensors， cameras， and other devices to collect real-time data， achieving precise operations such as sowing， fertilizing， irrigation， and harvesting. Unmanned agricultural machinery can operate automatically along preset tracks， and the remote control system allows farmers to monitor and adjust agricultural machinery parameters from a distance.
Large-scale and Multi-functional： With the expansion of agricultural production scale and the improvement of intensification， large agricultural machinery has high efficiency and can reduce unit production costs. At the same time， one agricultural machine will have multiple functions， such as a harvester that also has planting， fertilizing， and spraying functions， which can increase the utilization rate of agricultural machinery.
Specialization and Customization： Developing agricultural machinery with local characteristics based on different climates， soil conditions， and harvesting requirements in different regions. For example， small， lightweight， and adaptable harvesting machinery suitable for hilly and mountainous areas. Enterprises will also customize agricultural machinery based on farmers' specific needs and actual situations.
Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection： Prioritizing the use of electricity as the power source for agricultural machinery and accelerating the development of clean energy-powered agricultural machinery such as solar and hydrogen. Fully considering the recyclability of parts materials during product design and adopting modular design to facilitate disassembly and maintenance， improving resource utilization.
Deep Integration with Information Technology： Utilizing information technology such as IoT， big data， and artificial intelligence to establish an information management-based production technology system， achieving functions such as remote monitoring， fault diagnosis， and data analysis for agricultural machinery. At the same time， improving the comprehensive agricultural machinery information service platform， integrating agricultural information resources and dispatch services.