A Critical Review of the Status of Current Greenhouse Technology in China and Development Prospects
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Abstract
China’s greenhouse industry has undergone thousands of years of development history, although the development of modern greenhouses arrived late. After decades of development in China, its greenhouse industry is at the global forefront. China’s greenhouse industry is experiencing rapid development, transformation, and upgrading. China ranks first in the world in terms of the greenhouse industry. These greenhouses are mainly used for vegetable cultivation, playing an important role in the utilization of agricultural resources and food production. In 2023, the cumulative area of greenhouses nationwide was 1835.87 million ha. In this paper, we present the latest developments in the greenhouse sector. More specifically, we present an overview of the development of the greenhouse market, greenhouse production, the greenhouse industry, and technology development. Current problems are underpinned, development opportunities and prospects are analyzed, and measures and specific proposals are detailed for the technological development of the greenhouse sector, both for increasing product quantity and quality.
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College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Street, Taian 271018, China
Department of Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 118 55 Athens, Greece
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Shandong Province, China
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