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The 2024 China Agricultural Machinery Exhibition Opens in Zhumadian
“Smart” farming enriches the land, powering high-quality agricultural development. On March 28, the 2024 National Agricultural Machinery Exhibition opened at the Zhumadian International Convention and Exhibition Center.
Centered on “Efficient and intelligent farm machinery advancing high-quality agricultural development,” the three-day event is jointly hosted by the China Agricultural Machinery Industry Association, the China Agricultural Mechanization Association, and the China Agricultural Machinery Distribution Association.
On opening day, more than 500 domestic and international farm-equipment companies showcased their flagship products. Driverless tractors, self-propelled crawler grain harvesters, rice transplanters, large grain dryers and other machines that cover every step of grain production—tilling, planting, managing, harvesting and storing—captured the attention of dealers and buyers from across the country.
“This is the country’s first hybrid chassis that combines wheels and tracks. Its compact design and low center of gravity let it handle rotary tillage, weeding, trenching, fertilizing, digging and more on the steep, uneven ground of orchards and hilly farms.”
“We upgraded our round baler with twin compression rollers—feed is smoother and bale density is up 10 percent.”
“We upgraded our round baler with twin compression rollers—feed is smoother and bale density is up 10 percent.”
At the Zoomlion stand, five brand-new machines debuted; these towering pieces of “high-precision iron” hide plenty of smart tech.
On the floor, combine operator Wang Xiaolong was shopping for his next upgrade. “I’ve been harvesting wheat for eight years. Every season I set out from Runan with dozens of friends and work our way north. In two months the ‘triple-summer’ rush starts, so I want a high-performance tracked combine for this year.”
Zhumadian has hosted the National Agricultural Machinery Exhibition three times in a row. Why does the industry keep coming back?
“Big agriculture needs big machinery,” says Yang Xinhong, head of the city’s Agricultural Machinery Center. In recent years, leveraging the China Agro-Food Processing Fair and the International Agro-Industrial Park, Zhumadian has sped up R&D and adoption of premium, specialized equipment. The city now hosts two provincial R&D centers, holds 281 farm-machinery patents and three ministry-level awards, and is home to more than 200 machinery firms with combined output topping 7 billion yuan. “Our mechanization rate is 89 percent—number one in Henan. Each year over 100,000 local operators fan out across the country for contract harvesting, making ‘Tianzhong Harvesters Serving the Nation’ a calling card recognized everywhere.”
During the show, the 2023 Tractor Launch Ceremony and the release of the 2023 China Agricultural Mechanization White Paper will take place, alongside forums on modern protected-agriculture equipment, new-energy farm-machinery roadmaps, and 2024 cross-industry applications of smart farming machines.
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