The Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences is one of the specialized research institutes directly under the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (hereinafter referred to as the Agricultural Economics Institute). It was originally known as the Agricultural Economic Research Institute and was formally established on May 10, 1958. It was revoked in 1970; In April 1979, the system was restored. From 1988 to 1992, he worked with some research units of the Science and Technology Literature Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to form research entities, and carried out activities in the name of “Agricultural Development Strategy Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture” and “Research Center for Agricultural Economics and Science and Technology Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences”. The establishment of the Agricultural Economics Institute remains. On January 1, 2005, it was renamed the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development.

The Agricultural Economics Institute is the earliest state-level public welfare research institution specializing in agricultural economic research after the founding of New China. Its main task is to focus on rural productivity economy, focusing on rural development and policy, agricultural product market and trade, and technical economy. And policy and industrial economics and policy four disciplines, planting economy and policy, animal husbandry economy and policy, technological economy and science and technology development, agricultural modernization theory and policy, agricultural economic theory and policy, agricultural product market and trade, international agricultural economy, The basic research, public welfare and forward-looking research on rural development and rural governance, rural finance and finance, rural resources and environmental policies. Provide decision-making basis for the formulation of agricultural policies by the state and governments at all levels, provide consultation for the development of agricultural enterprises; cultivate high-level talents in the agricultural economy; conduct academic exchanges and cooperation at home and abroad; edit and publish national professional publications "Agricultural Economic Issues" and Agricultural Technology Economy. At the same time, the Agricultural Economics Institute is also the affiliated unit of the China Agricultural Economics Association and the China Agricultural Technology Economics Association.

The institute has 109 employees, 33 senior professional and technical positions, 34 associate senior professional and technical positions, and 79 doctoral degrees. There are 29 doctoral tutors and 53 master tutors. There are 13 institutions in the institute, including 3 functional departments: comprehensive office, personnel office (party committee office), scientific research management department; journal publishing department: agricultural economic issues magazine; research business department 9: rural development research office , Agricultural Industry Economic Research Laboratory (planting), Agricultural Industry Economic Research Room 2 (Animal Husbandry), Technical and Economic Research Office, Modern Agricultural Research Office, Agricultural and Rural Resource and Environment Research Office, International Agricultural Economics and Trade Research Office, Agriculture Policy Research Office, “One Belt, One Road” Research Center. The institute has two major policy analysis platforms: “National Agricultural Policy Analysis and Decision Support System Key Open Laboratory” and “Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Agricultural Economics and Policy Advisory Group” and agricultural planning and consulting technology service platform. In recent years, the Institute has continuously strengthened the integration of scientific research teams, consolidating the food security and animal husbandry economic team, the agricultural modernization theory and policy team, the financial and financial innovation and rural development team, the agricultural product market trade and policy team, the technical economy and science and technology policy team, and foreign agriculture. The economic and policy team, the agricultural resources, environmental economics and policy team, and the county's economic development theory and method team have basically formed a research pattern of agricultural economy and rural development with reasonable structure and distinctive characteristics.

　　In the 60 years since the establishment of the Institute, in order to realize the overall goal of the establishment of “world-class agricultural research institutes” by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Agricultural Economics Institute has targeted the industry in accordance with the development ideas of “strengthening independent innovation, leading the development of disciplines, serving government decision-making, and supporting modern agriculture”. The development needs and the frontiers of the world's agricultural economics disciplines are based on the functional orientation of state-level public welfare research institutes, and continuously improve the research level and academic influence. After several generations of unremitting efforts and pioneering efforts, for macro decision-making, service production and development. Disciplines and training of talents have contributed.

In the future, under the leadership of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, all colleagues in the Institute will unite their thoughts and act in unison to enhance their sense of responsibility, mission and urgency. They will not forget their initial intentions and move forward with the "three orientations" and "two Guided by the first-class, further strengthen the brand building of the institute, and strive to build the Agricultural Economics Institute into the main force of China's agricultural and policy research, the international advanced level of agricultural public policy innovation source, and the national “three rural” decision-making consultation center. The national agricultural policy think tank, the high-level agricultural policy and the training base for management talents will contribute new wisdom and strength to China's agricultural modernization construction and promote the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy.