土地承包制度提高种植效益

Spring plowing season has began in east China’s Shandong province - a major grain producer for the country. And farmers there are seeing great improvements in efficiency this year thanks to local innovation.
中国主要的粮食产地，东部的山东省开始了春耕时节。感谢当地的创新，农民看到了今年的效率的大大提高。

Stronger tractors are helping drive the better performance. Wang Yisheng has been able to do more field work than usual since buying a high-powered tractor earlier this year. Ten days’ work has been reduced to half a day.
更强有力的拖拉机带来更好的表现。自今年早些时候购买了一台大马力的拖拉机以来，Wang Yisheng可以比平常做更多的农活。10天的工作减少到半天。

Wang Yisheng said, "I can plow nearly 50,000 square kilometres in one day. It is efficient but doesn’t remove necessary water in the soil."
Wang Yisheng表示：“我每天可以耕近5万平方米田。它很有效率，但是不会带走土壤里的必要水分。”

Other villagers are sharing the experience. High-powered tractors have become a hot item in recent years. But this could only come after local authorities moved to change land-use rights to promote better farming.
其他村民正在分享经验。近几年，大马力的拖拉机成为一种畅销商品。但是，这是在当地政府改变土地使用权来更好地促进农耕之后才到来的。

Ding Mingqin, director general of Qingdao Agricultural Machinery Cooperation, said, "The land contract system enables farmers to explore large-scale operation. We can handle bigger orders and gain more profits."
青岛农业机械公司总经理Ding Mingqin表示：“土地承包制度使农民可以探索大规模的经营。我们可以应对更大的订单，获得更多的收益。”

Small, fragmented farmland used to make using large machinery difficult, and such lands can end up abandoned if farmers choose to migrate to cities for work. By implementing a system to transfer land use rights, farmers can choose to subcontract their land to others, while getting profits after the harvest. Large machinery thus became necessary - which local authorities provided subsidies to buy.
小型、分散的农田过去常常难以使用大型机械，如果农民选择到城市工作，这样的农田最终会被抛弃。通过实行土地使用权转让制度，农民可以选择将他们的土地转包给其他人，在收获之后获取利润。大型机械因此成为必需品，当地政府提供补助金购买大型机器。

Yang Limin, vice director of China Agricultural Machinery R&D Center, said, "The land use rights contract system have expanded the scale of operations - which is good for modernizing agricultural development."
中国农业机械研发中心副主任Yang Limin称：“土地使用权承包制度扩大了经营规模，这有利于农业发展现代化。”

Local authorities are trying to popularize the use of large machinery throughout the whole province over the spring farming season. And there’s more reform ahead, they also plan to look into improving farmers’ information sharing, so they can use their lands even more efficiently.
当地政府正尝试春耕时节在全省推广大型机械的使用。前面还有更多的改革，他们还计划研究改善农民的信息分享，使他们能更有效地使用土地。