in order to show scientific achievements and academic viewpoints, promote scientific efforts of agricultural economy and technological development and meet needs of academic exchange, in 1991, Institute of Agricultural Economics began to compile and print scientific research, thesis and survey report selections, which was named as Research on Agricultural Economics and Technological Development and publicly published, one book every year.

Research on Agricultural Economics and Technological Development mainly compiles research reports of research programs completed last year, and properly compiles excellent papers and survey reports written by researchers finished themselves or cooperated with others. in the beginning, there is a brief Introduction wrote by director of the Institute and a Chinese-English catalogue. Since 1993, the title and author name of each paper and research report were written in both Chinese and English, which was the same for informative abstracts. in the end of the collection, those being attached to appendix are as follows: the topic studied last year and works published; scientific achievements identified by the Institute or won a prize; the organization and principal names. Since 2005, the appendix was canceled, works published by researchers, the organization and principal names and other contents would be published in webpage of Agricultural Economy and Development institute.