Chen Tao, Vice President of China Agricultural Machinery Distribution Association, was elected as the president of the Agricultural Machinery Branch

On June 13, 2016, China Agricultural Machinery Distribution Association held the inaugural meeting of the Agricultural Machinery Branch in Shijiazhuang. Liu Xian, president of China Agricultural Mechanization Association, Li Anying, deputy director of the Agricultural Mechanization Technology Development and Promotion Station of the Ministry of Agriculture, Zhang Wenjun, former inspector of the Hebei Provincial Department of Agriculture, and Tian Jilai, deputy director of the Hebei Provincial Bureau of Agricultural Mechanization, congratulated and addressed the meeting. The conference was presided over by Chen Tao, vice president of China Agricultural Machinery Distribution Association.

Mao Hong, president of China Agricultural Machinery Distribution Association, said at the inaugural meeting: "The association established the Agricultural Machinery Branch to better serve the agricultural machinery industry, and to study agricultural mechanization solutions under the moderate scale of agriculture and provide them to agricultural operators. It contributes to the realization of mechanization of the main crop production. The club consists of tractors and agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprises, circulation enterprises, user groups, research institutes, universities, parts and components enterprises, and related enterprises and institutions, and organizations. Brainstorming, teamwork, efforts to solve difficult problems in the agricultural machinery industry, research on the development strategy of the agricultural machinery industry, provide decision-making advice and industry reports for the agricultural machinery industry, and promote the healthy and rapid development of the agricultural machinery industry."

After deliberation, the General Assembly passed the regulations on the work of the Agricultural Machinery Branch, the 2016 work plan, the president of the branch, and the secretary-general of the branch. The vice president of the China Agricultural Machinery Distribution Association, Chen Tao, was elected as the president of the Agricultural Machinery Branch, and the China Agricultural Machinery Distribution Association. Comrade Yuan Tongbao, deputy director of the consulting department, was elected as the secretary general of the Agricultural Machinery Branch.

The conference also held a forum on the development of agricultural machinery. Associate Professor Zhang Zongyi from the Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization of the Ministry of Agriculture gave a speech on “The Main Characteristics and Development Direction of Agricultural Management in China”; Professor Zhang Dongxing from China Agricultural University introduced the “Technology and Equipment for Maize Mechanized Precision Seeding” to the delegates. Associate Professor Li Zihui of Northeast Agricultural University gave an in-depth explanation on "Development Status and Problems of Mechanization of Potato Production"; Professor Hao Jianjun of Hebei Agricultural University reported the research results of "surface strengthening of agricultural machinery touch-off parts" to the participants.

About 400 people from all over the country, including production enterprises, circulation enterprises, agricultural machinery market, agricultural machinery and agricultural cooperatives, research institutes, universities, agricultural machinery and agricultural management departments, relevant industry associations and news media attended the conference.

(Original title: China Agricultural Machinery Distribution Association Agricultural Machinery Branch was established)