College Students Pursue Dreams in Entrepreneurship and Plant Protection Drones

Visiting 13 counties in Henan and Sichuan provinces, interviewing 50 cooperatives and farmers, with over 2000 hours of research and development and over 100 failures… “The Smart Agriculture and Insight Team of Chengdu University has been established, registered, and independently operated for less than 3 years, with an expected cumulative revenue of nearly 1 million yuan in the first half of 2023. Technical assistance is expected to exceed 24 counties by the end of the year, becoming a new star in the field of college student entrepreneurship in Chengdu.

I just want my hometown to use high-tech plant protection equipment… “In the summer of 2021, Liu Chang, the head of the Zhinong Huiyan team, started conducting research in rural areas with low popularity of high-end agricultural machinery after completing the college entrance examination. From the beginning of his enrollment, Liu Chang was determined to change his hometown through knowledge, from contacting professional mentors, to taking root in the laboratory, and finally gathering the first group of team members under the organization of the school’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship College.

Our team has gone through too many collapses during the research and development process, and some people can’t bear the cold bench during the research and development process. They want to quit several times, but are scattered and scattered. Finally, they persevered with the persuasion of professional teachers and entrepreneurship and innovation teachers. Now that the company has been established and the personnel have also been fixed, we plan to recruit another group of technical personnel to the society this year, “Liu Chang said in an interview with Sichuan Provincial TV.

The first batch of plant protection drones independently developed by the Zhinong Huiyan team have been processed by OEM factories and handed over to 7 agricultural cooperatives in Sichuan and Henan provinces for use. The market feedback is good now, and the efficiency of equipment pesticide spraying is 60 times that of traditional manual labor, which can help farmers save 50% of pesticides. They are now more concerned with technological iteration issues, which is not a easy path to take, but I have confidence in their team Instructor Yao Yuan is optimistic about the future development momentum of Liu Chang’s team.

At present, Zhinong Huiyan Technology Co., Ltd. has formed a management and operation method of “integrated integration inside and outside the school”. In order to achieve his original dream, Liu Chang insists on monthly technical assistance from the off campus marketing department in rural areas, and during winter and summer vacations, the on campus marketing department in rural areas. I believe that through our efforts, we will definitely achieve the popularization of plant protection drones. In the future, we will continue to allocate 20% of our company’s profits annually to technical assistance at the grassroots level in rural areas! “Liu Chang said.” For the future, our research and development direction still needs to consider the rural market more, and drive the popularization of plant protection drones with free technical assistance. We have never changed our original intention.