Temperature control is required for the storage of agricultural products, generally through either low-temperature storage or hot-dry storage. Moreover, modern agriculture allows for temperature control during the growth process of crops.

China's National Development and Reform Commission has released the “14th Five-Year Plan” for the development of cold chain logistics, aiming to construct 8 national cold chain logistics backbone corridors known as the “4 Horizontal and 4 Vertical” plan. These corridors will connect major agricultural production areas with 19 city clusters, while selecting around 100 cities as the host cities for national backbone cold chain logistics bases.

Heat pump drier shows the great potential of heat pump as a clean energy technology in the industry and agriculture.Grains, tobacco, Chinese herbal medicine, and wood all of them could be dried using heat pumps, which are more energy-efficient and produce higher quality products.