党的十一届三中全会指出,我国新时期的总任务是实现农业、工业、国防和科学技术的现代化。这是最大的政治。农业是国民经济的基础,必须集中主要精力实现现代化。即做到农业生产手段现代化、生产技术现代化和组织管理现代化。要达到这个目的必须运用农业工程科学和技术。其起步为培育人才,充实和发展农业工程事业教育。什么叫农业工程?通行于国际上的简要定义为“将工程的理论、技术和方法与生物学科相结合,应用到农业上去的一门综合性学科”。它包括传统的学科如机械、电工和 The Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee pointed out: The general task of our country in the new period is to realize the modernization of agriculture, industry, national defense and science and technology. This is the biggest politics. Agriculture is the foundation of the national economy. We must concentrate our efforts on modernization. That is to achieve the modernization of agricultural means of production, production technology modernization and organizational management. To achieve this goal must use agricultural engineering science and technology. Its starting to nurture talent, enrichment and development of agricultural engineering education. What is agricultural engineering? A general definition of access internationally is “a comprehensive discipline that applies the theory, technology and methods of engineering to the biology and to agriculture.” It includes traditional disciplines such as mechanics, electricians and