History
    1. 1955-1980
    2. YTO’s story began
      • 1955 The opening ceremony of the First Tractor Factory was held.
      • 1958 The first crawler tractor in China was built based on the advanced technology introduced from the former Soviet Union.
      • 1959 The crawler tractor was put into production.
      • 1980 The annual output of crawler tractors reached 24,000.
    1. 1981-2007
    2. YTO reformed to be better
      • 1983 The small wheeled tractor was put into production.
      • 1985 We introduced the advanced diesel engine technology from Ricardo, Britain and wheeled tractor technology from FIAT, Italy.
      • 1992 China First Tractor Company established an office in Cote d'Ivoire and has exported localized high-horsepower wheeled tractors to Africa.
      • 1994 The former Luoyang Tractor Research Laboratory under the Agricultural Machinery Department was merged into China First Tractor Company.
      • 1995 YTO International was founded to export tractors.
      • 1997 China First Tractor Company was renamed YTO Co., Ltd. and YTO started to issue H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
      • 2005 Sales volume of big wheeled tractors reached 10,000 sets.
      • 2006 Diesel engines were sold more than 100,000 sets and YTO’s value rose up to more than 10 billion yuan.
      • 2007 Construction of the YTO industrial park began.
    1. From 2008
    2. YTO aims higher
      • April, 2009 YTO and China-Africa Development Fund signed a comprehensive cooperation frame agreement to found China-Africa Machinery Corporation.
      • 2010 The first tractor with power shift transmission in China was invented by YTO.
      • 2012 YTO began to issue A shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
      • 2018 Driverless tractors passed the first round of driverless operation tests in China.
      • 2019 YTO led the establishment of National Agricultural Equipment Innovation Center which obtained the approval of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
      • 2019 YTO International continued to improve the overseas business as it developed the mode of “international trade + overseas marketing + overseas services” by establishing the overseas management system and innovating marketing patterns.
      • 2020 The first cab-less tractor driven by hydrogen energy and equipped with 5G technology in China was developed by YTO; Dongfanghong (Luoyang) International Land Port undertaken by YTO Group Corporation (YTO) was included in the list of National Logistics Hub Construction.
      • 2021 320HP CVT tractors developed by YTO was put on the market; fully autonomous “driverless” solutions on staple food crop production provided by YTO got on the list of China’s Top 10 Scientific Achievements of Intelligent Manufacturing in 2021; YTO won the nomination of China’s Quality Awards.
    2. CapabilitiesYTO has maintained the long-term partnership with world-class R&D institutions in America, U.K. and Austria, keeping in line with the state-of-the-art technology in the world.
    2. Service & SupportWining trust of clients from more than 100 countries and regions, we have built manufacturing and R&D bases in France, Belarus, Cuba and South Africa.