Abstract: New requirements are put forward for the agricultural science and technology information institutions due to the development of information technology. In this paper, the developments and achievements about Agricultural Science and Technology Information Institute of Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences in more than 50 years were briefly reviewed in four stages, and the development ideas were proposed to make the agricultural science and technology information development with the thought of Internet plus, and take the Internet of Things application technology as the main directions of scientific research to enhance the information analysis and management and actively support the traditional media like network, audio and video, newspapers to be intermingled, which should provide some reference for the development of agricultural information institutions.

Key words: Shanxi