Abstract:At present, China's agriculture is coming into the stage of high-risk, high input, and high output, and is urgent to finish the transformation from traditional agriculture to modern agriculture. As the new power for the changes in agriculture, farmers, and rural areas, Internet of Things (IoT) for agriculture would provide the powerful support for the modern agriculture construction. To promote agricultural IoT, the Ministry of Agriculture launched the pilot project in 2013. Tianjin, one of three pilot areas, mainly focuses on the construction of IoT for facility agriculture and aquaculture. In this paper, we summarize the progress and implementation characteristics about the Tianjin pilot project by describing the background, objectives, and contents. Tianjin pilot project has progressed well and obtained a sound result, which provide effective reference for the construction of agricultural IoT in other areas. The significant progresses in Tianjin pilot project show that agricultural IoT has broad prospects in China, which would promote the strenthening of agriculture in China.