Yuan Longping is known as the "father of hybrid rice" in China. It is said that in China, we rely on "two flats"-Deng Xiaoping, who formulated the policy of production responsibility system; Yuan Longping who invented hybrid rice.

Yuan Longping, male, 1930, was born in September 1999, and graduated from the Department of Agriculture of Southwest Agricultural College. He has been devoted to agricultural education; He has been studying hybrid rice since he left the institute.

In the1960s, when China suffered from severe famine, he put forward the idea of hybrid rice, which had a high yield. Ten years later, he successfully invented a new variety, with a yield 20% higher than that of ordinary rice.

Yuan Yisheng devoted himself to agricultural research; Awarded the honor by UNESCO. FAO (UNESCO). Although he is 74 years old, he is still engaged in agricultural research.