On May 28, 2016, the inaugural meeting of the National Aviation Plant Protection Technology Innovation Alliance was held in Anyang City, Henan Province. The meeting was chaired by Wang Jianqiang, researcher of the Plant Protection Department of the Plantation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture. Zhang Zhenhua, Director of the Department of Science and Education of the Ministry of Agriculture, Deputy Director Wei Kai, and Director of the Department of Agricultural Mechanization of the Ministry of Agriculture attended the meeting.    

    Director Zhang Zhenhua pointed out that the establishment of the National Aviation Plant Protection Innovation Alliance is conducive to the integration of advanced technologies and leading enterprises in the industry, improving the ability of crop pests and diseases to prevent and control, and promoting the rapid transformation of aviation plant protection technology into actual productivity and implementation of 2020. The goal of zero annual growth in pesticide use.

    Director Zhang Zhenhua pointed out that relevant enterprises and research institutes should do a good job of division of labor, and make the alliance a core platform for joint research on agricultural research, creating a “one-stop” culture research covering the middle and lower reaches. The organization model makes the alliance become the backbone of the national agricultural science and technology innovation; building a multi-disciplinary integrated “integrated” agricultural technology comprehensive solution, making the alliance an important force supporting the development of modern agriculture.

           The election of Anyang Quanfeng Aviation Plant Protection Technology Co., Ltd. as the chairman of the National Aviation Plant Protection Technology Innovation Alliance, Wang Zhiguo, Chairman of Anyang Quanfeng Aviation Plant Protection Technology Co., Ltd., served as the chairman of the board, elected South China Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural Mechanization Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture, Plant Protection Institute of China Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beidahuang General Aviation, Shandong Ruida Pest Control, Guangzhou Feifei Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., Guangxi Rural Biochemical Co., Ltd. Jiangsu Kesheng Group Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd., Agricultural Flying Passenger Agricultural Science and Technology Co., Ltd. is the vice chairman unit of the National Aviation Plant Protection Technology Innovation Alliance, and Professor Lan Yubin of South China Agricultural University is the executive vice chairman.

          As the initiator of the Aviation Plant Protection Technology Innovation Alliance, Wang Zhiguo, Chairman of Anyang Quanfeng Aviation Plant Protection Technology Co., Ltd. said that the current aviation plant protection industry is highly valued by the government, the market demand is extremely strong, and technological progress is changing with each passing day. Actively investing, the industry has ushered in a rare historical opportunity. The establishment of the Aviation Plant Protection Technology Innovation Alliance marks the rise of agricultural drones to a new platform. Domestic UAV companies can learn from each other and learn from each other. Through the platform of technological innovation alliance, the development of drones will be on the right track. Promote the growth of China's aviation plant protection industry and promote the rapid, healthy and orderly development of the agricultural aviation industry.