The total power of agricultural machinery in China will reach 1.05 billion kilowatts in 2014.

Beijing, 3 Nov (Reporter Qiao Jinliang)-- Today, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural and Rural Committee of the National people's Congress jointly held a forum in Beijing on the 10th anniversary of the implementation of the Law on the Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization. Han Changfu, minister of agriculture, said: in the 10 years since the law was implemented, the central government has invested more than 120 billion yuan in subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery, and subsidized the purchase of more than 35 million sets of agricultural machinery and tools of all kinds. China's agricultural machinery equipment level, agricultural machinery operation level, agricultural machinery social service, agricultural machinery industry has achieved unprecedented great-leap-forward development.

According to reports, the total power of agricultural machinery in China is expected to reach 1.05 billion kilowatts in 2014, an increase of 410 million kilowatts or 64 percent over 2004. The equipment structure has accelerated the development of large and medium-sized tractors, combine harvesters and rice transplanters in the direction of high horsepower, multi-function and high performance. The number of large and medium-sized tractors, combine harvesters and rice transplanters exceeded 5.58 million, 1.52 million and 660000 respectively, five times, 3.7 times and 9.8 times that of 2004. The level of agricultural machinery operation has been greatly improved. This year, the comprehensive mechanization level of crops in the country is expected to exceed 61 percent, an increase of 27 percentage points over 2004. The mechanization rates of cultivation and harvest of three major grain crops all exceeded 75 percent, and wheat production was basically mechanized in the whole process.