Author(s)

Liyu Zhu, Yudi Chen, Weihan Jin

Corresponding Author

Liyu Zhu

ABSTRACT

The “sixth industry” refers to an agriculture-led industry to which secondary and tertiary industries are attached. From the perspective of the “sixth industry”, the primary industry, or agriculture, integrated with secondary and tertiary industries through extension of the agricultural industrial chain and increase of agricultural added value, turns into a comprehensive industry that connects the other two. Finally, the unfavorable status of agriculture is changed. Modern agriculture usually involves industrialization and modern management methods to organize production and operation. This paper, based on requirements of the “sixth industry” development, first analyzes the problems of modern agricultural development in Shanxi Province mainly in industrial agglomeration, industrial chain extension, agricultural function expansion and scientific and technological application. The paper then draws on the advanced experience of modern agriculture development abroad with reference to the development modes under the perspective of the "sixth industry" in the US, Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands. Finally, the paper provides countermeasures aiming at the existing problems in Shanxi Province to develop modern agriculture under the perspective of "sixth industry". The paper will be of guiding meaning for Shanxi to further develop modern agriculture and promote deep integration between industries.

KEYWORDS

Shanxi Province, Sixth Industry, Modern Agriculture, Problems and Countermeasures