第一條 為了加強農業技術推廣工作，促使農業科研成果和實用技術盡快應用于農業生產，保障農業的發展，實現農業現代化，制定本法。
Article 1 This Law is formulated with a view to strengthening the work of agro-technical popularization, enabling the prompt application of results of agricultural scientific research and practical techniques to agricultural production, safeguarding the development of agriculture and realizing the modernization of agriculture.

第二條 本法所稱農業技術，是指應用于種植業、林業、畜牧業、漁業的科研成果和實用技術，包括良種繁育、施用肥料、病蟲害防治、栽培和養殖技術，農副產品加工、保鮮、貯運技術，農業機械技術和農用航空技術，農田水利、土壤改良與水土保持技術，農村供水、農村能源利用和農業環境保護技術，農業氣象技術以及農業經營管理技術等。
Article 2 "Agro-techniques" mentioned in this Law refer to the scientific research results and practical techniques to be applied to crop cultivation, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, including techniques of breeding good strains, applying fertilizers, preventing and controlling plant diseases and insect pests, as well as plant cultivation and animal husbandry; techniques of processing, preserving, storing and transporting products and by-products of agriculture; techniques of agricultural machinery and agricultural aviation; techniques of irrigation and water conservancy, soil improvement and water and soil conservation; techniques of water supply and energy utilization in rural areas and agricultural environmental protection; techniques of agricultural meteorology, and techniques of agricultural management and administration.

本法所稱農業技術推廣，是指通過試驗、示范、培訓、指導以及咨詢服務等，把農業技術普及應用于農業生產產前、產中、產后全部過程的活動。
"Popularization of agricultural technology" mentioned in this Law, refers to the dissemination and the application of agro-techniques to the entire process of the pre-inter-post production of agricultural production by means of experiment, demonstration, training, and consultation services.

第三條 國家依靠科學技術坤少發展教育，振興農村經濟，加快農業技術的普及應用，發展高產、優質、高效益的農業。
Article 3 The State shall rely on the progress of science and technology and the development of education to invigorate the rural economy, speed up the popularization and application of agro-techniques and develop an agriculture with high yield, good quality and high beneficial results.

第四條 農業技術推廣應當遵循下列原則：
Article 4 The following principles shall be observed in the popularization of agricultural technology:

（一） 有利于農業的發展；
1. to be conductive to the development of agriculture;

（二） 尊重農業勞動者的意愿；
2. to respect the will of agricultural labourers;

（三） 因地制宜，經過試驗、示范；
3. to adopt measures suitable to local conditions after experimentation and demonstration;

（四） 國家、農村集體經濟組織扶持；
4. to be supported by the State and rural economic collectives;

（五） 實行科研單位、有關學校、推廣機構與群眾性科技組織、科技人員、農業勞動者相結合；
5. to practise the combination of institutions of scientific research, relevant schools or colleges and popularization setups with mass organizations of science and technology, scientific and technical personnel, and agricultural labourers;

（六） 講求農業生產的經濟效益、社會效益和生態效益。
6. to stress economic and social and ecological benefits of agricultural production.

第五條 國家鼓勵和支持科技人員開發、推廣應用先進的農業技術，鼓勵和支持農業勞動者和農業生產經營組織應用先進的農業技術。
Article 5 The State shall encourage and support scientific and technical personnel to develop, popularize and apply advanced agro-techniques; encourage and support agricultural labourers and agricultural production and operation organizations to apply advanced agro-techniques.

第六條 國家鼓勵和支持引進國外先進的農業技術，促進農業技術推廣的國際合作與交流。
Article 6 The State shall encourage and support the introduction of advanced agro-techniques from foreign countries and promote the international cooperation and exchanges of agro-technical popularization.

第七條 各級人民政府應當加強對農業技術推廣工作的領導，組織有關部門和單位采取措施，促進農業技術推廣事業的發展。
Article 7 People's governments at various levels shall strengthen their leadership in the work of agro-technical popularization and organize the relevant departments and units to take measures to promote the development of agro-technical popularization.

第八條 對在農業技術推廣工作中做出貢獻的單位和個人，給予獎勵。
Article 8 The units or individuals that have made contributions to the work of agro-technical popularization shall be awarded.

第九條 國務院農業、林業、畜牧、漁業、水利等行政部門（以下統稱農業技術推廣行政部門）按照各自的職責，負責全國范圍內有關的農業技術推廣工作。縣級以上地方各級人民政府農業技術推廣行政部門在同級人民政府的領導下，按照各自的職責，負責本行政區域內有關的農業技術推廣工作。同級人民政府科學技術行政部門對農業技術推廣工作進行指導。
Article 9 The administrative departments under the State Council in charge of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and water conservancy (hereinafter referred to generally as the administrative departments of agro-technical popularization), shall be responsible for the relevant work of agro-technical popularization in the whole country according to their respective functions and duties. The administrative departments of agro-technical popularization of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall, under the leadership of the people's governments at the corresponding levels, be responsible for the relevant work of agro-technical popularization within their administrative areas according to their respective functions and duties. The administrative departments of science and technology of people's governments at the corresponding levels shall give guidance to the work of agro-technical popularization.

第二章 農業技術推廣體系
CHAPTER II SYSTEM OF AGRO-TECHNICAL POPULARIZATION

第十條 農業技術推廣，實行農業推廣機構與農業科研單位、有關學校以及群眾性科技組織、農民技術人員相結合的推廣體系。
Article 10 In the process of agro-technical popularization, a popularization system of combining agro-technical popularization setups with institutions of agricultural scientific research, relevant schools or colleges, mass organizations of science and technology, and peasant technical personnel shall be practised.

國家鼓勵和技術供銷合作社、其他企業事業單位、社會團體以及社會各界的科技人員，到農村開展農業技術推廣服務活動。
The State shall encourage and support supply and marketing co- operatives, other enterprises and institutions, social organizations, and scientific and technical personnel in all walks of life to carry out service activities of agro-technical popularization in rural areas.

第十一條 鄉、民族鄉、鎮以上各級國家農業技術推廣機構的職責是：
Article 11 The functions and duties of the agro-technical popularization setups at or above the township, nationality township and town levels shall lie in:

（一） 參與制訂農業技術推廣計劃并組織實施；
1. participating in the working out of agro-technical popularization plans and organizing the implementation thereof;

（二） 組織農業技術的專業培訓；
2. organizing professional trainings of agro-techniques;

（三） 提供農業技術、信息服務；
3. providing services of agro-technique and information;

（四） 對確定推廣的農業技術進行試驗、示范；
4. carrying out experimentation and demonstration of agro-techniques already decided upon to be popularized; and

（五） 指導下級農業技術推廣機構、群眾性科技組織和農民技術人員的農業技術推廣活動。
5. instructing agro-technical popularization activities of their subordinate agro-technical popularization setups, mass organizations of science and technology and peasant technical personnel.

第十二條 農業技術推廣機構的專業科技人員，應當具有中等以上有關專業學歷，或者經縣級以上人民政府有關部門主持的專業考核培訓，達到相應的專業技術水平。
Article 12 Professional scientific and technical personnel of agro- technical popularization setups shall possess the relevant professional qualifications at or above the secondary professional schooling, or reach corresponding professional and technical standards through the professional examination and training sponsored by the relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level.

第十三條 村農業技術推廣服務組織和農民技術人員，在農業技術推廣機構的指導下，農會農業技術知識，落實農業技術推廣措施，為農業勞動者提供技術服務。
Article 13 Agro-technical popularization service organizations of villages and peasant technical personnel shall, under the guidance of agro-technical popularization setups, disseminate agro-technical knowledge, carry out measures of agro-technical popularization and provide agricultural labourers with technical service.

推廣農業技術應當選擇有關條件的農戶，進行應用示范。
In the popularization of agro-techniques, peasant households with proper conditions shall be selected to demonstrate the application.

國家采取措施，培訓農民技術人員。農民技術人員經考核符合條件的，可以按照有關規定授予相應的技術職稱，并發給證書。
The State shall take measures to train peasant technical personnel. Peasant technical personnel who meet relevant requirements after examinations may according to relevant regulations be awarded with corresponding technical titles and certificates.

村民委員會和村集體經濟組織，應當推動、幫助村農業技術推廣服務組織和農民技術人員開展工作。
Villagers committees and village economic collectives shall promote and help agro-technical popularization service organizations and peasant technical personnel of the villages to carry out their work.

第十四條 農場、林場、牧場、漁場除做好本場的農業技術推廣工作外，應當向社會開展農業技術推廣服務活動。
Article 14 Farms, forest farms, animal farms and fishing grounds shall, besides doing a good job in their own work of agro-technical popularization, unfold service activities of agro-technical popularization to the whole society.

第十五條 農業科研單位和有關學校應當適應農村經濟建設發展的需要，開展農業技術開發和推廣工作，加快先進技術在農業生產中的普及應用。
Article 15 Institutions of agricultural scientific research and relevant schools or colleges shall adapt themselves to the needs of the development of rural economic construction, carry out the work of agro- technical development and popularization, and speed up the dissemination and application of advanced technology to agricultural production.

教育部門應當在農村開展有關農業技術推廣的職業技術教育和農業技術培訓，提高農業技術推廣人員和農業勞動者的技術素質。國家鼓勵農業集體經濟組織、企業事業單位和其他社會力量在農村開展農業技術教育。
Educational departments shall develop professional technical education and agro-technical trainings relating to agro-technical popularization in the countryside to improve the technical qualification of agro- technical popularization personnel and agricultural labourers. The State shall encourage agricultural economic collectives, enterprises and institutions, and other social forces to develop agro-technical education in the countryside.

農業科研單位和有關學校的科技人員從事農業技術推廣工作的，在評定職稱時，應當將他們從事農業技術推廣工作的實績作為考核的重要內容。
As to the scientific and technological personnel of institutions of agricultural scientific research and relevant schools or colleges who are engaged in the work of agro-technical popularization, the practical achievements they have made in the work of agro-technical popularization shall be taken as major indicators for performance appraisal in determining and conferring academic and technical titles.

第十六條 國家鼓勵和支持發展農村中的群眾性科技組織，發揮它們在推廣農業技術中的作用。
Article 16 The State shall encourage and support the development of mass organizations of science and technology in the countryside, and bring their role in agro-technical popularization into play.

第三章 農業技術的推廣與應用
CHAPTER III POPULARIZATION AND APPLICATION OF AGRO-TECHNIQUES

第十七條 推廣農業技術應當制定農業技術推廣項目。重點農業技術推廣項目應當列入國家和地方有關科技發展的計劃，由農業技術推廣行政部門和科學技術行政部門按照各自的職責，相互配合，組織實施。
Article 17 Projects of agro-technical popularization shall be drawn up in popularizing agro-techniques. Key projects of agro-technical popularization shall be included into national and local plans involving the development of science and technology, and be carried out with cooperation by administrative departments of agro-technical popularization and of science and technology according to their respective functions and duties.

第十八條 農業科研單位和有關學校應當把農業生產中需要解決的技術問題列為研究課題，其科研成果可以通過農業技術推廣機構推廣，也可以由該農業科研單位、該學校直接向農業勞動者和農業生產經營組織推廣。
Article 18 Institutions of agricultural scientific research and relevant schools or colleges shall take up technical problems which need to be solved in agricultural production as their research subjects, and the results of their scientific research may be popularized by agro- technical popularization setups or may be popularized directly to agricultural labourers and agricultural production and operation organizations by such institutions of agricultural scientific research and such schools or colleges.

第十九條 向農業勞動者推廣的農業技術，必須在推廣地區經過試驗證明具有先進性和適用性。
Article 19 The agro-techniques to be popularized to agricultural labourers must have been proved to be advanced and applicable by experiments in the areas for popularization.

向農業勞動者推廣未在推廣地區經過試驗證明具有先進性的適用性的農業技術，給農業勞動者造成損失的，應當承擔民事賠償責任，直接負責的主管人員和其他直接責任人員可以由其所在單位或者上級機關級予行政處分。
Anyone who popularizes to agricultural labourers agro-techniques which have not been proved to be advanced and applicable by experiments in the areas for popularization and thus causes losses to agricultural labourers shall be liable for civil compensation. The competent personnel in charge and other persons held directly responsible may be given administrative sanctions by the units they belong to or organs at higher levels.

第二十條 農業勞動者根據自愿的原則應用農業技術。
Article 20 Agricultural labourers shall apply agro-techniques on voluntary basis.

任何組織和個人不得強制農業勞動者應用農業技術。強制農業勞動者應用農業技術，給農業勞動者造成損失的，應當承擔民事賠償責任，直接負責的主管人員可以由其所在單位或者上級機關級予行政處分。
No organization or individual shall force agricultural labourers to apply agro-techniques. Anyone who forces agricultural labourers to apply agro-techniques and thus causes losses to agricultural labourers shall be liable for civil compensation. The competent personnel in charge and other persons held directly responsible may be given administrative sanctions by the units they belong to or organs at higher levels.

第二十一條 縣、鄉農業技術推廣機構應當組織農業勞動者學習農業科學技術知識，提高他們應用農業技術的能力。
Article 21 Agro-technical popularization setups at the county or township level shall organize agricultural labourers to study scientific and technological knowledge of agriculture so as to raise their ability of applying agro-techniques.

農業勞動者在生產中應用先進的農業技術，有關部門和單位應當在技術培訓、資金、物資和銷售等方面給予扶持。
When agricultural labourers apply advanced agro-techniques to their production, the departments and units concerned shall give assistance to them in aspects of technical trainings, funds, materials and sales.

國家鼓勵和支持農業勞動者參與農業技術推廣活動。
The State shall encourage and support agricultural labourers to participate in the activities of agro-technical popularization.

第二十二條 國家農業技術推廣機構向農業勞動者推廣農業技術，除本條第二款另有規定外，實行無償服務。
Article 22 Popularization of agro-techniques to agricultural labourers by national agro-technical popularization setups shall, except as otherwise provided in the second paragraph of this Article, be carried out gratis.

農業技術推廣機構、農業科研單位、有關學術以及科技人員，以技術轉讓、技術服務和技術承包等形式提供農業技術的，可以實行有償服務，其合法收入受法律保護。進行農業技術轉讓、技術服務和技術承包，當事人各方應當訂立合同，約定各自的權利和義務。
Provision of agro-techniques through technical transfer, technical service and technical contract by agro-technical popularization setups or institutions of agricultural scientific research, relevant schools or colleges or scientific and technological personnel, may be carried out in the form of compensable service, and their lawful earnings shall be protected by law. In conducting agro-technical transfer, technical service and technical contract, parties concerned shall conclude contracts to define their respective rights and duties.

國家農業技術推廣機構推廣農業技術所需的經費，由政府財政撥給。
The funds needed to popularize agro-techniques by national agro- technical popularization setups shall be allocated by the financial department of the Government.

第四章 農業技術推廣的保障措施
CHAPTER IV SAFEGUARDS FOR AGRO-TECHNICAL POPULARIZATION

第二十三條 國家逐步提高對農業技術推廣的投入。各級人民政府在財政預算內應當保障和于農業技術推廣的資金，并應當使該資金逐年增長。
Article 23 The State shall gradually increase its input to agro- technical popularization. People's governments at various levels shall secure the funds to be used for agro-technical popularization in their financial budgets and shall increase such funds year by year.

各級人民政府通過財政撥款以及從農業發展基金中提取一定比例的資金的渠道，籌集農業技術推廣專項資金，用于實施農業技術推廣項目。
People's governments at various levels shall, through channels of financial allocation or drawing a fixed proportion of funds from agricultural development funds, raise special funds for agro-technical popularization to carry out projects of agro-technical popularization.

任何機關或者單位不得截留或者挪用用于農業技術推廣的資金。
No state organ or unit shall intercept or misappropriate funds to be used for agro-technical popularization.

第二十四條 各級人民政府應當采取措施，保障和改善從事農業技術推廣工作的專業科技人員的工作的條件和生活條件，改善他們的待遇，依照國家規定給予補貼，保持農業技術推廣機構和專業科技人員的穩定。對在鄉、村從事農業技術推廣工程的專業科技人員的職稱評定應當以考核其推廣工作的業務技術水平和實績為主。
Article 24 People's governments at various levels shall take measures to guarantee and improve the working and living conditions of the professional scientific and technical personnel engaged in the work of agro-technical popularization, better their treatments and give subsidies to them according to the provisions of the State so as to maintain the stability of agro-technical popularization setups and professional scientific and technical personnel. In determining and conferring academic and technical titles of professional scientific and technical personnel engaged in the work of agro-technical popularization in townships or villages, their professional technical levels and achievements in the work of popularization shall be considered as major indicators for performance appraisal.

第二十五條 鄉、村集體經濟組織從其舉辦的企業的以工補農、建農的資金中提取一定數額，用于本鄉、本科農業技術推廣的投入。
Article 25 Economic collectives of townships or villages shall draw a fixed portion from the funds owned by the enterprises established by them for subsidizing and developing agriculture through development of industry to be used for the input to agro-technical popularization in their own townships or villages.

第二十六條 農業技術推廣機構、農業科研單位和有關學校根據農村經濟發展的需要，可以開展技術指導與物資供應相結合等多種形式的經營服務。對農業技術推廣機構、農業科研單位和有關學校舉辦的為農業服務的企業，國家在稅收、信貸等方面給予優惠。
Article 26 Agro-technical popularization setups, institutions of agricultural scientific research and the relevant schools or colleges may, according to the need of economic development in rural areas, carry out various forms of management services such as combination of technical guidance with material supply. And the State shall grant preferential treatment in respect of taxation, loan and credit to enterprises in service of agriculture run by agro-technical popularization setups, institutions of agricultural scientific research and relevant schools or colleges.

第二十七條 農業技術推廣行政部門和縣以上農業推廣機構，應當有計劃地對農業技術推廣人員進行技術培訓，組織專業進修，使其不斷更新知識、提高業務水平。
Article 27 Administrative departments of agro-technical popularization and agro-technical popularization setups at or above the county level shall carry out in a planned way technical trainings for agro-technical popularization personnel and organize them to obtain professional studies so as to update their knowledge and enhance their vocational level.

第二十八條 地方各級人民政府應當采取措施，保障農業技術推廣機構獲得必需的試驗基地和生產資料，進行農業技術的試驗、示范。
Article 28 Local people's governments at various levels shall take measures to guarantee that agro-technical popularization setups obtain essential experimental bases and means of production to carry out experiments and demonstrations of agro-techniques.

地方各級人民政府應當保障農業技術推廣機構有開展農業技術推廣工作必要的條件。
Local people's governments at various levels shall guarantee that agro- technical popularization setups have necessary conditions for carrying out work of agro-technical popularization.

地方各級人民政府應當保障農業技術推廣機構的試驗基地、生產資料和其他財產不受侵占。
Local people's governments at various levels shall guarantee that the experimental bases, means of production and other properties of agro- technical popularization setups be free from encroachment.

第二十九條 國務院根據本法制定實施條例。
Article 29 The State Council shall, in accordance with this Law, formulate rules for implementation.

省、自治區、直轄市人民代表大會常務委員會可以根據本法和本地區的實際情況制定實施辦法。
The standing committees of the people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, in accordance with this Law and in the light of their local conditions, formulate measures for the implementation of this Law.

第三十條 本法自公布之日起施行
Article 30 This Law shall come into force as of the date of its promulgation.