Development of machinery used for pasture harvesting in China

With the implementation of national strategy on the agricultural restructuring and the ecological environment construction, the livestock production has playing an important role on the national economy, which enhances the design and production of machinery used in pasture harvesting. This paper summarized the development of pasture industry, and the current situation and the main achievements in research on pasture harvesting machinery, put forward some strategies how to deal with the problems after analyzing the relationship between pasture industry, livestock production and machinery in both of them, and the developing opportunities.