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in their products. Agriculture mechanization is the Robotics
basic feature of modern agriculture. Authorities have
also made rural areas the focus of their poverty The People’s Bank of China has encouraged
alleviation efforts, in line with a new road map domestic financial institutions to beef up their
for the country’s agricultural development. The support for industrial robot manufacturing by
measures include bolstering large-scale farming providing innovative financing, lease and pledge
and enhancing infrastructure and technology in services. Efforts should be made to target corporate
the sector, as well as deepening rural reform in needs, facilitate research and development of
basic management, collective property rights and core technologies and boost industrial chain
agricultural support (Qi). reconstruction and its application in broader areas
in the regional industrial agglomeration. This, of
Drones are a specialized means of modernizing course, requires an unswerving effort to enhance
farms. With the modernization of agriculture, the intellectual property protection, create a fair and
demand for advanced farming devices has been just market environment, boost international
growing significantly. Industry statistics forecast exchanges and cooperation and facilitate the
the penetration rate of agricultural drones in China fast but sound development of China’s industrial
will reach more than 40 percent in 2023, with sales robot sector. Regarding industrial robots as “key
reaching 16 billion yuan. The government has also equipment” to prop up intelligent manufacturing
issued policies to promote the use of modern and elevate production efficiency, the central
agricultural machinery, such as offering subsidies bank said that a broader range of industrial robot
to encourage the use of drones in agriculture. In applications would alleviate the pressure from
addition to consumer drones, which are mainly rising labor costs and comply with the need of
used in aerial photography, demand for industry flexible, intelligent and lean production. Industrial
drones is large in China, with wider applications robots can also be used to improve production
such as farming, construction, security and disaster safety in high-risk, toxic working environments.
relief. DJI, the world’s largest commercial drone Since 2013, China has become the world’s largest
manufacturer by market share, plans to further market for industrial robot applications. China’s
invest US$1.46 million in agricultural drones and industrial robot output reached 147,700 in 2018,
cultivating drone operators in 2020. The move aims much higher than 131,100 in 2017. The robot
to help farmers improve the efficiency of spraying density of China’s manufacturing industry stood at
pesticides and increase the use ratio of intelligent 97 industrial robots per 10,000 employees in 2017,
agricultural equipment. DJI said it will open 1,000 up 29 from 2016 and exceeding the world’s average
brick-and-mortar retail stores, train over 20,000 of 85 for the first time. Currently, industrial robots
professional drone operators and establish more in China have been mainly used in goods handling,
than 600 training branches across the nation. welding, assembly and disassembly (Xinhua,
It will also increase subsidies for purchasing Support of Robots).
agricultural drones, and enhance its maintenance
and after-sales services. The company launched China will step up efforts to achieve
its latest agricultural drone in 2019 that features breakthroughs in crucial robotics technologies
an upgraded loading capacity, as well as dynamic and promote the use of industrial and service
systems to increase working efficiency and robots in plants and daily lives, the country’s
accuracy. Drone operators who use such drones top industry regulator said in 2019. Miao Wei,
can spray pesticides on about 10 hectares of minister of industry and information technology,
farmland an hour. The Shenzhen, Guangdong claimed the global robotics sector has seen
province-based company currently accounts for 70 slower growth due to the complex international
percent of the global consumer drone market. The environment. “But as an important application of
Qianzhan Industry Research Institute forecast that the new-round of technological revolution and its
the value of the domestic agricultural drone market integration with manufacturing, robots remain
will reach more than 12.8 billion yuan by 2021, with the key driver for high-quality development. The
an annual compound growth rate of 38 percent sector will also achieve fast development in the
(Fan, Farm Drones). future with expanding application scenarios and
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in their products. Agriculture mechanization is the Robotics
basic feature of modern agriculture. Authorities have
also made rural areas the focus of their poverty The People’s Bank of China has encouraged
alleviation efforts, in line with a new road map domestic financial institutions to beef up their
for the country’s agricultural development. The support for industrial robot manufacturing by
measures include bolstering large-scale farming providing innovative financing, lease and pledge
and enhancing infrastructure and technology in services. Efforts should be made to target corporate
the sector, as well as deepening rural reform in needs, facilitate research and development of
basic management, collective property rights and core technologies and boost industrial chain
agricultural support (Qi). reconstruction and its application in broader areas
in the regional industrial agglomeration. This, of
Drones are a specialized means of modernizing course, requires an unswerving effort to enhance
farms. With the modernization of agriculture, the intellectual property protection, create a fair and
demand for advanced farming devices has been just market environment, boost international
growing significantly. Industry statistics forecast exchanges and cooperation and facilitate the
the penetration rate of agricultural drones in China fast but sound development of China’s industrial
will reach more than 40 percent in 2023, with sales robot sector. Regarding industrial robots as “key
reaching 16 billion yuan. The government has also equipment” to prop up intelligent manufacturing
issued policies to promote the use of modern and elevate production efficiency, the central
agricultural machinery, such as offering subsidies bank said that a broader range of industrial robot
to encourage the use of drones in agriculture. In applications would alleviate the pressure from
addition to consumer drones, which are mainly rising labor costs and comply with the need of
used in aerial photography, demand for industry flexible, intelligent and lean production. Industrial
drones is large in China, with wider applications robots can also be used to improve production
such as farming, construction, security and disaster safety in high-risk, toxic working environments.
relief. DJI, the world’s largest commercial drone Since 2013, China has become the world’s largest
manufacturer by market share, plans to further market for industrial robot applications. China’s
invest US$1.46 million in agricultural drones and industrial robot output reached 147,700 in 2018,
cultivating drone operators in 2020. The move aims much higher than 131,100 in 2017. The robot
to help farmers improve the efficiency of spraying density of China’s manufacturing industry stood at
pesticides and increase the use ratio of intelligent 97 industrial robots per 10,000 employees in 2017,
agricultural equipment. DJI said it will open 1,000 up 29 from 2016 and exceeding the world’s average
brick-and-mortar retail stores, train over 20,000 of 85 for the first time. Currently, industrial robots
professional drone operators and establish more in China have been mainly used in goods handling,
than 600 training branches across the nation. welding, assembly and disassembly (Xinhua,
It will also increase subsidies for purchasing Support of Robots).
agricultural drones, and enhance its maintenance
and after-sales services. The company launched China will step up efforts to achieve
its latest agricultural drone in 2019 that features breakthroughs in crucial robotics technologies
an upgraded loading capacity, as well as dynamic and promote the use of industrial and service
systems to increase working efficiency and robots in plants and daily lives, the country’s
accuracy. Drone operators who use such drones top industry regulator said in 2019. Miao Wei,
can spray pesticides on about 10 hectares of minister of industry and information technology,
farmland an hour. The Shenzhen, Guangdong claimed the global robotics sector has seen
province-based company currently accounts for 70 slower growth due to the complex international
percent of the global consumer drone market. The environment. “But as an important application of
Qianzhan Industry Research Institute forecast that the new-round of technological revolution and its
the value of the domestic agricultural drone market integration with manufacturing, robots remain
will reach more than 12.8 billion yuan by 2021, with the key driver for high-quality development. The
an annual compound growth rate of 38 percent sector will also achieve fast development in the
(Fan, Farm Drones). future with expanding application scenarios and
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