Development Status And Case Study Of The Agricultural Science And Technology Zone In Hebei

As a solution of applying the agricultural high technologies and optimizing the agricultural structures, Agricultural Science and Technology Zone (ASTZ) is a key point to propel the sustainable development of the agriculture in Hebei province, as well as enhance its international competing ability under the frame of WTO. It can be seen that ASTZ will play an increasingly crucial role as a leader or a navigator in the modernizing procession of Hebei's agriculture. Consequently, the development of ASTZ is of significant importance for helping the mode transition of agriculture from traditional extensive type to intensive type, promoting the development of agricultural science and technology, and increasing peasants' outputs and incomes. As for the status of ASTZ in Hebei, there are still many un-negligible problems need to be solved. So it is important to study the actuality of ASTZ in Hebei and explore the unsolved problems in it. Furthermore, some countermeasures put forward based on the former works will be of great realistic meanings for the rapid and healthy development of the ASTZ in Hebei.This paper begins with an overview of the international and the domestic status of the works in the area of ASTZ. Then some relative concepts are explicitly defined such as the terms: agricultural high technology, ASTZ and agricultural industrialization etc, as well as the usage of the institutional innovation theory. The realistic significance of developing ASTZ for promoting rural economics in Hebei province is also demonstrated. Based on the investigation to the 25 provincial ASTZs in Hebei and the analysis to the relative informations, this paper generalizes the main achievements obtained in developing ASTZs in six aspects, i.e. constructed areas, science and technology production transformation, area characteristic industry, operation mechanism innovation, improving peasants' qualities and increasing peasants' incomes. In addition, five successful experiences are summarized as government supporting, sufficient financing, functional variety, robust technological supporting system and effective business management. On the other hand, some unsolved problems are also discovered in this paper such as the lack of attractive policy environment, the shortage of invested finance, the unsuitable management systems, the outdated operation mechanisms, the limited industrial capabilities and technological supporting systems. In this paper, Dengzhuang ASTZ and Changli ASTZ are chosen as the typical cases for our analysis. A conclusion can be drown in this paper that the construction of the ASTZ in Hebei province should adhere to the science development view and follow the principle of taking the human as the fundamentality. Some basic ideas for development should be practiced such as government-guiding, enterprise-operating,...