China agricultural support: More types of agricultural machinery included in the scope of scrapping and renewal subsidies

Agricultural machinery is an important material basis for the development of modern agriculture. Our country is the world's largest agricultural machinery production and use country. At present, the number of agricultural machinery in my country has reached 200 million units, and the comprehensive mechanization rate has reached 74%. Experts pointed out that with the rapid development of agricultural mechanization, old agricultural machinery is also facing the phenomenon of overdue service, which has a certain impact on production safety and environmental protection.

"Compared with mechanical equipment operating in workshops and roads, agricultural machinery is mainly used during the farming season and on farmland. It faces multiple challenges such as changing environments and long use cycles, and is used more intensively." Agricultural Mechanization Station of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs According to relevant experts, long-term exposure to wind and sun will cause the loss of paint, plastic parts, and rubber parts of machines and the corrosion of metal parts; during operation, dirt and stones in the fields can easily cause wear and tear of embedded parts. In addition, some agricultural machinery operators operate irregularly and do not maintain it in place, as well as cross-region operations, continuous operations and other operating methods, which will also accelerate the aging of agricultural machinery.

Zhang Zongyi, deputy director of the China Agricultural Equipment Industry Development Research Institute of Jiangsu University, estimates that according to a 5% elimination and renewal rate, among the models facing elimination every year, there will be about 800,000 small tractors alone, and more than 80,000 grain combines. Harvesters, nearly 50,000 rice transplanters, etc. With the further advancement of agricultural modernization, "small to large" and upgrading of agricultural machinery will become the mainstream.

Since 2012, the central government has allocated part of the funds from agricultural machinery purchase subsidy funds to carry out pilot projects of subsidy for scrapped agricultural machinery. In 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, together with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Commerce, issued relevant guidance to promote the agricultural machinery scrapping and renewal subsidy work from a pilot to a new stage of full implementation.

The policy continues to be effective. This year, the central government has allocated 24.6 billion yuan to support agricultural machinery purchase and application subsidies, accelerate the implementation of scrapped agricultural machinery and support the promotion and application of agricultural equipment. At the end of June, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the "Notice on Intensifying Efforts to Continue to Implement the Subsidy Policy for the Scrap Renewal of Agricultural Machinery" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), proposing to continue to implement the subsidy policy for the scrapping and renewal of agricultural machinery and accelerate the structure of agricultural machinery. Adjust and improve the level of high-end, intelligent and green agricultural machinery.

The "Notice" clarifies that the subsidy objects are farmers engaged in agricultural production and agricultural production and operation organizations. In terms of subsidy standards and fund arrangements, the central government's agricultural machinery scrapping and renewal subsidies are composed of two parts: scrapping partial subsidies and renewing partial subsidies. Among them, scrapping partial subsidies are subject to fixed subsidies, and the subsidy amount is determined by the provincial agricultural and rural departments in consultation with the financial department; renewal partial subsidies The standards are implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the agricultural machinery purchase and application subsidy policy. The operating procedures include three steps: scrapping old machines, canceling registration, and cashing in subsidies.

Zhang Zongyi noticed that compared with the 2020 guidance, the "Notice" contains two changes.

First, the scope of subsidies has increased. New planters and agricultural Beidou assisted driving systems have been added. At the same time, combine harvesters have also been expanded from rice and wheat combine harvesters and corn combine harvesters to combine harvesters used for all grains, cotton, oil and sugar, and each province has been allowed to use central funds and provincial-level In addition to statutory expenditure responsibilities, 2-3 types of scrapped agricultural machinery can be selected for subsidies.

Second, the maximum scrap subsidy standard has increased. For example, the maximum subsidy amount for tractors with more than 20 horsepower has been increased to varying degrees. For cotton pickers and sugarcane combine harvesters with strong regional characteristics, small scope of use, and high market value, the scrapping subsidy for a single agricultural machine shall in principle not exceed 30,000 yuan and 25,000 yuan respectively. For other agricultural machinery, the scrapping subsidy for a single agricultural machine shall not exceed In principle, it should not exceed 20,000 yuan.

Experts pointed out that further increasing the elimination of old agricultural machinery with high energy consumption, heavy pollution and low safety performance through policy support will help optimize the structure of agricultural machinery and equipment, promote the transformation and upgrading of agricultural machinery and the green development of agriculture. "Through scrapping and updating, accelerating the promotion and application of advanced, applicable, energy-saving, environmentally friendly, safe and reliable agricultural machinery will help improve the quality of field operations, promote yield improvement, green plant protection, and low-loss harvesting. At the same time, it is also expected to stimulate upstream and downstream agricultural machinery manufacturing and sales. Market development, promote the iterative update of technical equipment, and promote the transformation, upgrading and high-quality development of the agricultural machinery industry," said an expert from the Agricultural Mechanization Station of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

Research shows that a considerable part of scrapped and updated machinery comes from second-hand agricultural machinery. "Currently, the reuse and remanufacturing of auto parts is rapidly developing into an emerging industry, while the remanufacturing of the domestic agricultural machinery sector is still in the exploratory stage." Zhang Zongyi suggested strengthening the regulation of the second-hand agricultural machinery market and allowing second-hand remanufacturing that meets the conditions for remanufacturing. Reuse agricultural machinery parts and components to promote the increase in the value of scrapped agricultural machinery and encourage various business entities to actively participate in the agricultural machinery scrapping industry chain. At the same time, all localities should further improve the informatization level of agricultural machinery scrapping and renewal policies, try to allow more data to escape and farmers to escape less, and promote the timely payment of scrapping and renewal subsidy funds.

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