China aims to create its modern industrial technology system with international competitiveness and promote efficient, safe and eco-friendly agricultural technologies, including bio-breeding, sufficient and safe animal farming, fine production technology and equipment and smart agriculture, according to the 13th Five-Year Plan on Science and Technology Innovation released by the Sate Council in August, 2016. Of these technologies, smart agriculture features its modern production technology systems such as the intelligent production of the protected agriculture and informatization of large-scale animal husbandry.

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