Winner of the "Medal of the Republic", academician of the Chinese Academy of engineering
Director of National Hybrid Rice Engineering Technology Research Center
Longping Yuan, former vice chairman of the CPPCC Hunan Provincial Committee,
Because of multiple organ failure,
He died in Changsha at 13:07 on May 22, 2021,
He was 91 years old.
More than 30 times went to IRRI to carry out cooperative research and technical exchanges
More than 10 times to India, Vietnam, Myanmar, Philippines, Bangladesh and other countries to guide the development of hybrid rice
More than 50 international training courses on Hybrid Rice
Trained from more than 40 developing countries
About 2000 government officials and agricultural experts
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In recognition of his great contribution to the world, many countries around the world have awarded him awards
FAO has appointed him as the chief consultant for the international development of hybrid rice
Pay tribute to Longping Yuan, father of hybrid rice!