From 1998, the central government began to set up special funds to subsidize the purchase of agricultural machinery. Before 2000, the special name was "subsidy for renewal of large and medium tractors and supporting farm tools", and it was adjusted to "subsidy for structural adjustment of agricultural machinery and equipment" in 200 1, and changed to "subsidy for purchasing new agricultural machinery and tools" in 2003, with an annual amount of 2 million yuan. According to the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Finance issues subsidies to farmers and agricultural production and operation organizations every year for purchasing and updating agricultural machinery and tools. The Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Forwarding Several Opinions of the State Economic and Trade Commission and other departments on Further Supporting the Development of Agricultural Machinery Industry stipulates that all commercial banks should provide credit support for farmers to purchase new agricultural machinery products that promote agricultural structural adjustment and resource protection, popularize new agricultural technologies and reduce costs and increase efficiency in strict accordance with the requirements of national industrial policies. At the same time, give appropriate subsidies to farmers to buy the above agricultural products. The Opinions of the Central Committee of the State Council on Several Policies to Increase Farmers' Income points out that individual farmers, farm workers, agricultural machinery specialized households and agricultural machinery service organizations directly engaged in agricultural production are given certain subsidies to purchase and update large-scale agricultural machinery. At the same time, in recent years, local finance has also subsidized farmers and agricultural production and operation organizations.

According to the deployment of the State Council, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture jointly launched and implemented the subsidy policy for agricultural machinery purchase in 2004. In that year, 70 million yuan of subsidy funds were arranged and implemented in 66 counties. Since then, the central government has continuously increased investment, and the scale of subsidy funds has increased substantially year after year, and the scope of implementation has been extended to all agricultural and pastoral counties and farms in the country. From 2004 to 2009, the central government arranged a total of 654.38+0.99 billion yuan of subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery, including 654.38+0.3 billion yuan in 2009, an increase of 9 billion yuan or 225% over 2008.

In 20 10, the central government arranged subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery15.5 billion yuan. The implementation scope of agricultural machinery purchase subsidy has covered all agricultural and animal husbandry counties (fields) in China.

20 1 1 agricultural machinery purchase subsidy policy has been further strengthened, and the central government plans to arrange special funds for agricultural machinery purchase subsidies 175 billion yuan, an increase of 2 billion yuan over 20 10.

In 20 12, the central government arranged 20 billion yuan of subsidies for the purchase of agricultural machinery at the beginning of the year, with an additional 654,380.5 billion yuan in the middle of the year, totaling 265,438.05 billion yuan, an increase of 4 billion yuan or 22.9% over the previous year.

In 2004-20 12, the central government arranged a total subsidy of 74.47 billion yuan for the purchase of agricultural machinery.

Since 20 12, the Ministry of Agriculture has carried out pilot projects to improve the operation mode of agricultural machinery purchase subsidies in 7 provinces and cities across the country, such as decentralization of subsidy funds, full-price purchase of farmers, and selection of some machines and tools. In 20 13, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance will further intensify the pilot work, and advocate all localities to try out the payment method of "full price purchase, county-level settlement and direct payment to the card". Provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government that have not yet carried out the pilot project should select some cities and counties to carry out the pilot project on 20 13; Conditions are ripe, still in the province. In 20 13, the central government will further increase the amount of agricultural machinery purchase subsidies. The first batch of indicators in 20 13 is 7 billion yuan higher than the first batch 1300 million yuan in the same period in 20 12, so it can be expected that the annual subsidy will at least exceed 25 billion yuan.