What are the policy recommendations for the development of agricultural IoT

First, break through core technologies and major key technology research. Concentrating efforts to strengthen research and overcome core technologies and major key technologies related to agricultural IoT is the key to the maturation of agricultural IoT. Support the research and development of highly reliable, low-cost dedicated agricultural IoT sensors that meet different agricultural application goals and adapt to harsh environments, solve common issues such as self-organizing networks for agricultural IoT and the rational deployment of agricultural IoT sensing nodes, establish a basic software platform and application service system for agricultural IoT that meets China's agricultural application needs, and provide technical support for the system integration, mass production, and large-scale application of agricultural IoT technology products.

Second, explore the operating mechanism and application models of agricultural IoT. At present, the business model of China's agricultural IoT industry is not yet mature, and it is facing the trend of developing from a single center to multiple centers, and shifting from value creation mainly by a single entity to value co-creation by diverse entities, which needs further innovation and improvement. Social forces such as research institutes, higher education institutions, telecom operators, and information technology enterprises should be encouraged to participate in agricultural IoT project construction, create an agricultural IoT application development model featuring government leadership, government-enterprise collaboration, market operation, and win-win cooperation, and in accordance with the principles of demand traction, technology-driven, adapting to local conditions, and highlighting practical results, carry out large-scale applications in fields such as field production, facility horticulture, and livestock and aquaculture, improve the industrial technology chain for agricultural IoT applications, and achieve comprehensive development of agricultural IoT.

Third, attach great importance to the formulation of standards related to agricultural IoT. The Chinese government should attach great importance to the research and formulation of agricultural IoT standards, carry out research on the agricultural IoT standards system, and relevant departments should take the lead in organizing IoT technology application units, research institutes, higher education institutions, and related enterprises to formulate IoT agricultural industry application standards based on national IoT standards, with emphasis on standards for the functions, performance, and interfaces of agricultural sensors and identification equipment, field data transmission communication protocol standards, standards for multi-source agricultural data fusion analysis and processing, application service standards, and construction specifications for agricultural IoT projects, so as to guide the development of agricultural IoT technology applications. Actively introduce and participate in the introduction and formulation of international agricultural IoT standards to safeguard the national interests of agricultural IoT development.

Fourth, carry out subsidies and special fund support for agricultural IoT. Give certain tax preferential policies to enterprises producing agricultural IoT products, provide certain funding preferences to universities and research institutes developing agricultural IoT products, and give certain subsidies to enterprises, farmers' professional cooperatives, and large-scale farmers and breeders using agricultural IoT products. It is recommended to continue strengthening the special fund support policy for agricultural IoT development, with the special fund jointly managed by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Science and Technology, and to designate projects in five major areas - IoT technology research and development and industrialization, standard research and formulation, application demonstration and promotion, and public service platforms - as the scope of support.

Fifth, further increase the intensity of agricultural IoT application demonstrations. Closely centering on the major needs of developing modern agriculture, coordinate projects, bases, talent, and standards, deploy as soon as possible across the country on an overall basis, build a number of technology research and development bases to promote the research and development and industrialization of core technology products such as dedicated agricultural sensors; build a number of product transformation and operation and maintenance service bases to promote the development of related industries such as agricultural IoT software development and services; build a number of application demonstration parks to promote the development of emerging agricultural IoT industries, establish a sustainable development mechanism for agricultural IoT, and use points to drive broader progress, comprehensively advancing the application of agricultural IoT technology in all areas of agriculture.