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Jun 25, 2021 · The Contributions and Legacy of Yuan Longping Scientific Stance and Ideologies. Yuan acknowledged and embraced the need to improve rice production in China and elsewhere in the world. Fulfilling this personal mission was challenging from the onset.
Jun 1, 2021 · Yuan Longping, internationally known as the ‘father of hybrid rice,’ passed away on May 22, at the age of 91. Tributes have been pouring in from across China, where Mr. Yuan is a national celebrity, and from across the canonical international scientific community who regard him as an accomplished rice scientist.
May 23, 2021 · File photo taken in 1981 shows Yuan Longping selecting hybrid rice specimens for a lecture. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING -- World leaders, representatives of international organizations and experts have ...
Yuan Longping was born on 7 September 1930 in Beiping, as Beijing was called at the time. On the eve of the Communist Party of China’s victory in 1949, he entered a college on the outskirts of Chongqing in Sichuan prov - ince, which later became Southwest Univer-sity, to study agriculture and crop genetics. In the 1950s, China looked to the ...
May 24, 2021 · As people across China this weekend mourned Yuan Longping, a symbol of China’s scientific prowess and national hero, even the slightest voice of discord was too much for the Chinese government.
May 3, 2001 · Between 1981 and 1998, the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center under Yuan Longping held 38 training classes with over 100 participants from 15 countries.
May 22, 2021 · CHANGSHA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, whose lifelong research helped feed the world's most populous country and beyond, died of illness at 91 on Saturday. Yuan, a household name in China, is renowned for developing the first hybrid-rice strain to substantially raise yields.
