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Firstly, in this work we selected a deep layer aggregation network with updated deformable convolution layers as the backbone to extract object features. The detection and classification of objects was based on the center-point network without non-maximum suppression. Secondly, the dynamic gradient adjustment embedded into the classification loss function was put forward to harmonize the quantity imbalance between easy and hard examples, as well as between positive and negative examples. Furthermore, the complete intersection over union (CIoU) loss function was selected as the objective function of bounding box regression, which achieves better convergence speed and accuracy. Finally, in order to validate the effectiveness and precision of the dynamic gradient adjustment network (DGANet), we conducted a series of experiments in remote sensing public datasets UCAS-AOD and LEVIR. 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