Today, let's discuss why Yuan Longping is called a modern saint and what achievements he has made.
Let's be specific.
Yuan Longping, the founder of hybrid rice research in China, is known as "Father of Hybrid Rice", "Contemporary Shennong" and "Rice God".
Yuan Longping is an academician of China Academy of Engineering, a famous hybrid rice expert, the winner of the highest national science and technology award and the first national special invention award in China. Won the grand prize 1 1 times in the world. The "World Food Award" won is the highest international honor in the agricultural field. ?
On September 8, 20 18, he won the life science award of "Future Science Award"; 20 18 12 18 the CPC central Committee and the State Council awarded Yuan Longping the title of reform pioneer, the reform pioneer medal and the research pioneer of hybrid rice. On August 20 19, it was publicized as a recommended candidate for the Medal of the Republic.
Yuan Longping served as the Standing Committee of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman of Hunan Provincial Political Consultative Conference and Vice Chairman of Hunan Science and Technology Association.
Honorary Dean of College of Agriculture and Biotechnology of Southwest University, Professor of Hunan Agricultural University, Visiting Professor of China Agricultural University, Honorary Dean of Huaihua Vocational and Technical College, Honorary Dean of Hunan Biomechanical Vocational and Technical College, Chief Consultant of FAO, Honorary Chairman of World Chinese Healthy Diet Association, and Economic Development Consultant of Yanshou County, Heilongjiang Province.
Academician Yuan Longping is a pioneer of hybrid rice in China and a contemporary Shennong. For more than 50 years, we have been working hard and exploring tirelessly in the front line of agricultural scientific research, which has brought green hope and golden harvest for mankind to use scientific and technological means to overcome hunger. His outstanding achievements not only contributed to solving the problem of food and clothing for China people and ensuring national food security, but also set up a monument for world peace and social progress.
Yuan Longping's lofty moral character of loving the motherland, serving the people wholeheartedly and benefiting mankind, his ideological style of loving each other with China, his innovative spirit of keeping pace with the times and bravely climbing the peak, his strong will of persistent pursuit, and his noble sentiment of being strict with himself and indifferent to fame and fortune are examples for China people to learn and the spirit of the times called for in the new century.