Take one tractor offline in 3 minutes

134.39 billion pounds! The latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics shows that in 2024, the total grain output of Henan Province will reach a new high, ranking second in the country, and remain stable at over 130 billion catties for eight consecutive years. Behind the repeated record highs in grain production, the hard core support of agricultural machinery and equipment is indispensable.
As a leading player in the field of agricultural machinery and equipment in China, in recent years, China Yituo has fulfilled its mission of "leading the development of agricultural machinery and equipment, safeguarding national food security", focusing on the "bottleneck" technical problems in the industry, focusing on promoting the independent and controllable supplementation, extension, and strengthening of the equipment industry chain, continuously and vigorously tackling the research and development of high-end intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment, and assisting agricultural production with "intelligence" and "quality".
Take one tractor offline in 3 minutes
In the production workshop of Yituo in China, the reporter saw a busy scene. But unlike traditional assembly lines, the number of busy workers has greatly decreased, replaced by multiple intelligent robots equipped with "brains" and "eyes". They can either use handheld welding guns for precise welding or skillfully assemble components. Workers can easily view production progress, equipment status, and even remotely adjust parameters through their smart devices.
Not far away, Dongfanghong tractors waiting to be assembled are neatly arranged. From the initial "street vendor operation" to the current dominance of automated assembly lines and intelligent robots, the "production artery" composed of intelligence and digitization has run through the entire process.
Our production line adopts a 'U' - shaped layout and applies many industry-leading assembly processes and manufacturing technologies, achieving a first-class level of product quality control in China. The key lies in automation and intelligence, "said Su Wensheng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of China Yituo and Deputy General Manager of Yituo Corporation. In terms of improving production and manufacturing capabilities, the company will invest nearly 400 million yuan in 2024 to launch projects such as intelligent multi-purpose tractor capacity enhancement, creating a modern intelligent factory scene.
With the support of digitization, intelligence, and automation, each production line is no longer an isolated island. Automated AGV transport vehicles have become the bridge connecting various production lines, and all kinds of components required in the production process can be automatically and accurately transported and distributed by AGV transport vehicles. Previously, a tractor chassis weighing 4 tons that required several workers to transport together can now be transported by AGV transfer carts in just a few seconds.
Traditional tractors are known as' iron cows' by everyone, but now they have developed into 'smart cows'. The workload of our frontline workers has decreased by half compared to before, and production efficiency has greatly improved. Every 3 minutes, a Dongfanghong tractor is taken offline, "said Gao Bin, a worker in the assembly workshop of the company." Now, the working environment is more comfortable and the work is more effortless
Nowadays, in the field of high-power high-end intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment, China Yituo Dongfanghong brand has power shift tractors, continuously variable transmission tractors, and hybrid tractors, constantly making breakthroughs in cutting-edge technology. The first domestically produced 220 horsepower tracked tractor, Dongfanghong CH2202, which has been successfully produced, has changed the situation in which China's high-power tracked tractor industry relies entirely on imports.

Grasp the market with innovation
The first generation of tracked tractors, the first generation of dual-purpose wheeled tractors for water and drought, the first generation of small wheeled tractors, the first generation of high-power wheeled tractors... In the Dongfanghong Agricultural Museum, there are a wide variety of old objects, telling the history of the changes in agricultural mechanization in China, and also the development history of China First Tractor in the field of agricultural machinery technology.
In 1955, the First Tractor Manufacturing Plant rose from the ground. As one of the key construction projects during China's "First Five Year Plan" period, China Yituo has independently produced the first tractor of New China - Dongfanghong 54 track tractor, opening a new chapter for Chinese farmers to "cultivate land without cows". After 70 years of development, the era imprint of China's industrialization process is imprinted everywhere here. Nowadays, as technology accelerates the transition from traditional agriculture to smart agriculture, the focus of China Yituo is gradually shifting from mechanization to intelligence.
The hilly and mountainous areas, which account for one-third of the country's arable land area, have a low level of agricultural mechanization due to fragmented and uneven distribution of fields. In 2021, this important task of "filling the gaps" was entrusted to China Yituo. Through technological breakthroughs, the China Yituo team has developed the Dongfanghong SH504M hilly and mountainous tractor, which has features such as folding steering, small turning radius, and bi-directional driving, allowing it to operate smoothly in small plots of land in mountainous and hilly areas.
This' mountain expert 'is not prone to skidding when working on sloping terrain in mountainous areas. It is easy to operate, has strong horsepower, and works hard. The plowing depth also fully meets the planting requirements, and the effect is very good, "said a farmer from Gansu.
Not only that, some economic crops that could only be grown manually for a long time have also been adapted to niche agricultural machinery. In Linying County, Luohe, Henan Province, the planting area of chili peppers exceeds 440000 acres. The soil used for transplanting chili seedlings is relatively hard, and growers have to squat in half to sow seeds. Each person can only plant half an acre of land in a day.
But the unmanned chili live streaming machine developed by China's Yituo quickly changed this situation. Previously, it required three trips, but now with a live streaming machine, it can be done in one go, planting about 200 acres in a day, "said Xing Pengfei, Minister of Science and Technology Management at the China Yituo Research Institute. In recent years, while enterprises have moved towards" smart manufacturing, "they have achieved breakthroughs in core technologies such as power shifting, continuously variable transmission, and intelligent control of agricultural machinery and equipment.

Chain owners drive related output value to reach 15 billion yuan
Technological innovation is like a key, quickly unlocking the two major locks of reputation and market. Recently, accompanied by the passionate whistle, the China Europe freight train slowly departed from Dongfanghong (Luoyang) International Land Port. On this' steel camel caravan ', there is a group of YTO tractors carefully crafted by China Yituo, which will cross mountains, rivers, lakes and seas and head to Kazakhstan.
In recent years, with significant advantages such as strong reliability, high fuel efficiency, and abundant horsepower, China Yituo's products have sold well in more than 100 countries and regions including Europe, Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, and South America, and exports have maintained a strong momentum.
In response to the different certification standards for agricultural machinery products in terms of environmental protection and quality in various countries, China Yituo has conducted research and development based on local planting and agricultural characteristics, and launched adaptable large wheel trailer products such as 70-140 horsepower narrow wheelbase and orchard machine. The international market competitiveness continues to enhance, and the international market map continues to expand.
Behind this is the strong support provided by the Luoyang agricultural machinery industry cluster, with Yituo as the "chain owner".
A large and medium horsepower wheeled tractor has 1100 to 1400 types of components. Taking a 180 horsepower wheeled tractor in China as an example, it has over 1300 types of components. One tractor independently produces core components such as gears and engines, while the rest of the components are purchased from external enterprises. At present, there are more than 700 companies providing components for China's Yituo, including over 200 local enterprises in Luoyang, which has driven the related output value to 15 billion yuan.
In Henan, with Luoyang as the center and driven by enterprises such as China Yituo, a group of upstream and downstream enterprises have gathered to provide industrial chain support, design and research services, inspection and testing, covering 7 supporting chains such as power machinery. They can produce nearly 100 types of modern agricultural machinery and equipment in 4 categories, including intelligent tractors. There are more than 300 cluster related enterprises with an output value of 60 billion yuan, accounting for about 30% of the country's total.
In the latest list of winning clusters in the 2024 National Advanced Manufacturing Industry Cluster Competition released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Luoyang Modern Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Cluster has been successfully selected, achieving a "zero breakthrough" in Henan Province's national advanced manufacturing industry cluster.