It was learned that in 2013, the country’s agricultural mechanization maintained a good momentum of overall advancement and rapid development, and the level of comprehensive mechanization of farming and harvesting was expected to exceed 59%, an increase of 2% over the same period last year.

In 2013, the central government allocated subsidies for agricultural machinery purchases of 21.75 billion yuan, and policies were implemented in a highly efficient manner. At the same time, the total growth of China's agricultural machinery and equipment has also continued to be optimized. The rice transplanter and combine harvester are expected to have a total of 606,000 units and 1,445,000 units, respectively, an increase of 18.1% and 13% year-on-year, respectively, with the corn harvester increasing by 23.8% year-on-year.

In addition, the socialization of agricultural machinery has also developed in depth. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Agriculture, the number of agricultural machinery cooperatives in the country will exceed 38,000 in 2013, and there will be more than 5.2 million agricultural machinery specialists. From the middle of production to the pre- and post-production, the agricultural machinery operation service sector has rapidly expanded from the development of crop production to the fruit industry, animal husbandry, fishery and facilities agriculture, and agricultural product processing.