The comprehensive mechanization level of crop cultivation and harvest in China has exceeded 60%.

The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture that in 2014, the reform and innovation of the agricultural machinery purchase subsidy policy was strengthened, and various key tasks such as agricultural machinery agronomy integration, agricultural machinery socialization service, technology promotion, education and training, supervision and management were steadily promoted. In 2014, the comprehensive mechanization level of crop cultivation and harvest in China exceeded 60%, and it is expected to reach more than 61%, achieving the goal of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan one year ahead of schedule.

The innovation of agricultural machinery purchase subsidy system has been strengthened, and the policy implementation is more efficient and standardized. In 2014, the central government's subsidy fund for agricultural machinery purchase reached 23.75 billion yuan, an increase of 2 billion yuan compared with the same period last year. The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance further promoted the reform and innovation of the subsidy system, comprehensively implemented the "full-price purchase of machines, quota subsidies, county-level settlement, and direct compensation to cards", and 21 provinces selected some urgently needed machines to implement open subsidies. We further simplified administration and decentralization, simplified procedures, and carried out pilot projects for market-oriented reform of subsidized products. Strengthen the supervision of subsidy implementation, vigorously promote the disclosure of policy information, and crack down on violations of discipline. This year, more than 4 million farmers are expected to benefit from agricultural machinery purchase subsidies nationwide, and more than 5.4 million sets of subsidized agricultural machinery (equipment) will be provided.

The total amount of agricultural machinery and equipment increased steadily, and the equipment structure continued to be optimized. In 2014, the total power of agricultural machinery in China is expected to reach 1.076 billion kilowatts, an increase of 3.57% year-on-year. Tractor large-scale, supporting the trend is obvious, large and medium-sized tractor holdings are expected to reach 5.72 million units, an increase of 8.6% year-on-year, small tractor holdings only increased by 0.6%. Rice transplanters and corn combine harvesters urgently needed for grain production maintained rapid growth, with the number of holdings expected to reach 665,000 and 343,000 respectively, up 9.7% and 20.1% year-on-year respectively.

The mechanization level of grain production has been continuously improved, and the mechanization of key weak links such as corn harvesting has been accelerated. Cultivate and strengthen new socialized service organizations such as agricultural machinery cooperatives, carefully organize and orderly dispatch agricultural machinery production during important farming hours, vigorously promote order operation, cultivation and collection of one-stop operation service mode, and balance the supply and demand of agricultural machinery and tools in spring ploughing, summer and autumn. The basic end time of wheat harvest in the "three summers" period was 4~5 days earlier than that of the same period last year, which competed for farming time for autumn grain production. The mechanized planting and harvesting levels of rice in China exceeded 38% and 81% respectively, among which the yield of early rice machinery was 74.8%, an increase of nearly 5 percentage points compared with the same period last year. Through measures such as strengthening policy drive, expanding demonstration guidance and improving technical services, the mechanization of corn harvesting has been vigorously promoted. The area of corn harvesting in China has increased by 45 million mu, and the level of mechanical harvesting has exceeded 56%.

The extension area of new agricultural mechanization technology continues to increase, and the mechanical subsoiling operation has achieved remarkable results. We will promote the integration of agricultural machinery and agronomy, distribute key technology demonstration films for mechanized production throughout the country, promote the implementation of technical guidance on mechanized production of major crops, carry out major actions for agricultural mechanization education and training, promote the integration of crop varieties, cultivation techniques and equipment technologies suitable for mechanization, and increase the promotion area of new agricultural mechanization technologies such as precision sowing, rape mechanical harvesting, cotton mechanical sowing and harvesting, conservation tillage and efficient plant protection by 120 million mu. Agricultural machinery departments at all levels strengthened policy guidance, technical guidance and task supervision of subsoiling operation, seized the two key periods before spring sowing and after autumn harvest, actively organized high-powered tractors and supporting subsoiling machinery to put into subsoiling and land preparation operation, completed 150 million mu of operation area accumulatively throughout the year, exceeded the target task of 100 million mu proposed in the Government Work Report, and further consolidated the foundation for grain production increase.

Create safe agricultural machinery to ensure safe production. Organize and carry out agricultural machinery safety supervision "serving the people" activities nationwide, innovate mechanisms, change styles, and facilitate the people. Implement safety production responsibility according to law, strengthen safety inspection, pay close attention to accident hidden danger management, and create "safe agricultural machinery". From January to November, the number of deaths, injuries and direct economic losses of agricultural machinery accidents nationwide decreased by 27.7%, 2.2% and 15.9% respectively compared with the same period last year, and the situation of agricultural machinery safety production continued to be stable and good.