1September 7, 930, Yuan Longping was born in Beijing, nicknamed "Ermao", and was born in Dean County, Jiangxi Province. Yuan Longping was born in an intellectual family, and his father Yuan Xinglie graduated from the Chinese Department of Southeast University. He is a capable man, proficient in civil and military affairs. He was the secretary of Pinghan Railway Bureau and the principal of a higher primary school. During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he served as the colonel's secretary in General Feng Yuxiang's department. My mother, Hua Jing, is a teacher in a missionary school. She can speak fluent English. She is a new cultural woman with traditional virtues, sensible and gentle, and directly shoulders the task of her son's enlightenment education. Smart Ermao has been influenced by Chinese and western cultures since childhood, knowing Chinese characters and learning English.

Like many great scientists and inventors, Yuan Longping had a strong curiosity, a clever brain, active hands and a curious mouth when he was a child. At home, I can ask questions that even adults can't think of, but at school, it's just a series of questions, which is simply a "problem package".

1942 Autumn, Yuan Longping graduated from Chongqing Longmenggang Central Primary School and was admitted to Fuxing Junior High School. School friends downloaded new books, teachers opened new courses, arithmetic became algebra, and physics, chemistry, concepts, theorems and formulas were updated every day. Some teachers have been asking students to memorize those things after class. Hearing this, the students are busy reciting the theorems and formulas of mathematics and physics while eating and sleeping, but Yuan Longping is different from others. He hates this way of learning very much. He likes thinking and trying to really understand everything, so he especially likes asking questions. The "small problem package" has become a "big problem box".

As a teenager, Yuan Longping was diligent in thinking and dared to ask questions, which enabled him to learn a lot of knowledge that books could not.

Yuan Longping was very active when he was a child. When Yuan Longping was six years old, the whole family went on an outing together. Parents found their children in a particularly good mood today, with sparkling eyes and laughter all the way. Their destination this time is to visit a garden field in the suburbs of Wuhan, which is very famous. Parents want to show their children the beautiful nature. At that time, wars were frequent, the people were miserable and devastated, and most of the suffering people were shocked when they got off the bus. A big garden is as beautiful as a myth, and all kinds of rare flowers and plants are full of vitality. Under the green leaves of flowers, the spring water gurgles, and sometimes birds sing beautifully, which makes people feel the beauty of life and the long-lost freshness.

Little Yuan Longping approached the plant he couldn't name. His bright eyes are full of lush gardens, fragrant flowers and clusters of bright fruits, which deeply touched a child's innocent heart. He thinks it's beautiful! He thought to himself, if only he could stay in such a place all his life. At that time, he made up his mind that he must study agriculture in the future and take the study of plants as his lifelong career. Yuan Longping has been pestering his parents to ask the names of flowers and trees. In fact, they don't know many plants, and Yuan Longping's face is very dissatisfied. That day, under the repeated urging of parents, Yuan Longping left the garden step by step. But although people left, their hearts stayed there. It is this eternal beauty that ultimately changed the fate of Yuan Longping's life and further changed the fate of China people to some extent.

When he got home, he would never forget the colorful garden. This beautiful memory has become Yuan Longping's lingering complex and dream. Finally, on the eve of the college entrance examination, Yuan Longping had a showdown with his family, and he wanted to apply for the Agricultural College. Yuan Longping's idea was opposed by the whole family. At that time, people thought that the Agricultural College would go to the countryside in the future. Such a disgraceful career is too difficult for parents. However, Yuan Longping insisted on his choice. When his parents saw that whenever he mentioned his future career, his eyes were burning and his spirit was shining, they knew that he could not be persuaded.

Yuan Longping finally got his wish and was admitted to the specialty of crop genetics and breeding in Southwest Agricultural College. After the founding of New China, as a student of Agricultural College, Yuan Longping happily joined the countryside as a team member. For the first time in his life, he really understood the backwardness of rural areas, the hardships of agricultural labor and the poverty of farmers' lives. He also realized that China is a big agricultural country and must strengthen agricultural modernization, because only in this way can the people become rich and the country become strong.

1953 After graduating from Yuan Longping University in August, he was assigned to teach in Anjiang Agricultural School at the foot of Xuefeng Mountain in western Hunan. There, young Yuan Longping devoted himself enthusiastically to teaching and devoted himself to experimental research in his spare time. At that time, the "pear fruit" of the Soviet scientist Mi Chulin was a household name. For ordinary people, what they care about is the taste of "pears and apples", while Yuan Longping is studying the theoretical principles and practical techniques. He seriously studied the theories of asexual hybridization, grafting culture and environmental impact, and began various grafting experiments of melons and fruits. Later, he learned some viewpoints of Mendel and Morgan's modern genetics theory from foreign newspapers and periodicals. He made a comparative study of these viewpoints and made a theoretical analysis of the phenomenon that "asexual hybrids" produced by "asexual hybridization" could not be inherited, thus enriching his knowledge and deepening his views in this field. After 1959, China suffered from natural disasters for three consecutive years, resulting in a serious food shortage. The famine claimed tens of millions of lives, and Yuan Longping, who has a conscience and a sense of responsibility, was extremely worried. China is based on agriculture and has a large population. Eating is the first important thing. Therefore, he took "making everyone stop starving" as his lifelong pursuit, determined to contribute to solving the food problem in China, and vowed to cultivate new rice varieties with high yield and high quality.

1On February 22nd, 964, Yuan Longping married Deng Zhe. In Yuan Longping's scientific research career, he has always been supported by his wife Deng Zhe, who gave him courage in the most difficult years.

In the early years of studying hybrid rice in Yuan Longping, Deng Zhe braved the scorching sun to help her husband find natural male sterile rice plants on the farm. For two years in a row, they spent countless sweat and hard work and finally found six rice plants.

After the "Cultural Revolution" began, Yuan Longping was attacked by the rebels, and the seedlings were also destroyed, which greatly dealt a blow to Yuan Longping's enthusiasm for scientific research. Thanks to Deng Zhe's constant encouragement, "Longping, don't worry. Their rebels fired us both at most. You go to be a farmer and I'll be a peasant woman. As long as you don't leave Shangdi, hybrid rice can definitely be made! " This gave Yuan Longping great motivation and confidence.

From June of 1964 to July of 1965, rice 14000 panicles were inspected in Yuan Longping, and it was found that there were 6 male sterile plants in 4 rice varieties. After two years of experimental observation, he made new discoveries and made new breakthroughs. His paper "Male Sterility of Rice" was published in Science Newsletter published by China Academy of Sciences, which is an epoch-making research paper on hybrid rice. Once published, it immediately aroused the shock of academic circles and attracted the great attention of the leaders of the State Science and Technology Commission. From 65438 to 0969, Yuan Longping was transferred to Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences to study hybrid rice. 1973 10, Yuan Longping published a paper entitled "Progress in Breeding Three Lines with Wild Barnyardgrass", which officially declared the success of "main line" matching of hybrid rice in China. This was a major breakthrough in rice breeding in China, and the "Second Green Revolution" initiated by Yuan Longping began. After that, Yuan Longping and his assistants made great achievements.

On June 65438+1October 65438+February 2003, the front page of Guangming Daily reported that "super hybrid rice breeding" led by Yuan Longping had achieved another miracle, and the average yield per mu of its new combination 885/0293 reached 8 17.37 kg. The highest yield per mu is 835.2 kg.

The successful cultivation of hybrid rice has shaken the world, and it has been called the "second green revolution" internationally, bringing endless gospel to all mankind. Don Paarlberg, an outstanding agricultural economist in the world, praised: "Yuan Longping has won valuable time for China, and his increased grain output has greatly reduced the population growth rate. His achievements in agricultural science overcame the threat of hunger. He is leading us to a well-fed world. " Deng Huafeng, who has followed Yuan Longping for nearly 20 years, said: "We have created much more wealth than Microsoft."