Overview of Agricultural Innovation Development in Mainland China

The creation and innovation are the keys to realise Chinese agricultural modernisation. The agricultural innovation development in mainland China includes three aspects: system, science and technology, and development pattern. The system innovation includes land system and management system innovation. The investment in agricultural science and technology innovation which mainly relies on government is increasing, but the growth rate is relatively slower than the total investment. In the future, enterprises should be encouraged to play a leading role in agricultural science and technology innovation. In the last aspect of development pattern, on the basis of the traditional agriculture development model, we have developed circular agriculture, leisure agriculture, agricultural internet plus. As a whole, the innovation of agriculture system is the foundation of the agricultural innovation development in mainland China, while the innovation of agricultural science and technology is the driving force, and the innovation of agricultural development pattern is the form.