Promoting innovation in forestry machinery, facilitating the modernization of forest farms
2026-08-13
Recently, Deng Shanbao, project leader at the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region State-owned Qipo Forest Farm (QFF), led a team of key personnel from silviculture, planning, and research to visit the production base of Guangxi XUVOL Construction Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd. They held specialized discussions on the mechanized tending of steep-slope forestlands in southern China, the customized R&D of four-legged intelligent lifting platforms for forestry, and improving the quality and efficiency of mountainous silviculture. Together, they are working to build a modern mountainous forest management system characterized by “ecological priority, mechanization-driven development, collaboration between forestry and enterprises, and demonstration-led leadership”.
Qipo Forest Farm is a vital demonstration enterprise unit for forestry mechanization in the autonomous region. It primarily runs commercial forests of fast-growing eucalyptus, Pinus massoniana, and camellia oleifera, and has established a mechanized tending demonstration base covering more than 50,000 mu. In Guangxi, forest lands in the hilly regions feature steep slopes, fragmented plots, and narrow forest aisles, therefore, weeding, ditch digging, fertilizing, pruning, and pest and disease control rely heavily on manual labor. Many challenges such as high safety risks, high labor costs, and inconsistent operational standards appears. Taking this situation as background, Qipo forestry farm bases on its own research project about mountainous forestry machinery, tackling the shortcomings of equipments in land preparation and maintenance on steep slopes. With deepen discussion and combination of frontline working condition, they proposed requirements that multifunctional forestry equipments need to suit to the region’s complex terrain.
In response to various working challenges in mountainous tending operations of forest farm, XUVOL technical team recommended a comprehensive solution case for maintenance tailored to the complex conditions of hilly forested areas. The equipment can operate in undulating and variable mountainous environments and is equipped with adjustable components to meet the needs of multiple silvicultural processes; it also supports the recording of operational data, facilitating standardized forest management. Compared to traditional manual methods, it effectively improves the efficiency of mountain forest management, mitigates safety hazards associated with steep-slope operations, balances ecological conservation requirements, and it also aligns with the forestry farm’s philosophy of green silvicultural management.
Qipo Forest Farm and XUVOL combined the reality of mountain forestry development in Guangxi, exchanging technical ideas on topics such as equipment adaptation and upgrades, standardized forest operations, safe equipment operation and maintenance, and enhancing the ecological benefits of mechanized forest tending.
During the deepen discussion, both sides reached an agreement on technical collaboration and pilot demonstrations. Moving forward, they will conduct field trials on forest land, which in order to evaluate the practical suitability of the four-legged intelligent lifting platform for local mountainous forest conditions. With the further development, they together leveraged specialized machinery to drive the modernization of tending operations in state-owned forest farms, strictly adhering to the bottom line of forest ecological conservation, reducing the costs of forest land management and maintenance, and enhancing the comprehensive economic benefits of forest land management. This initiative will support the standardized development of Guangxi’s national reserve forests and put into practice a forestry development model that transforms the value of ecological products.
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