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How about Zhang Qifa from Huazhong Agricultural University? Why are there so many attacks on him?
Some people who attack Zhang Qifa will talk about Zhang Qifa's personal virtues. These words are mostly abusive and vent their anger, which does not make much sense. The attack on Zhang Qifa is mainly due to genetically modified rice. Zhang Qifa's team produced transgenic rice for the first time in China. In order to cope with the world food crisis, genetically modified crops are relatively easy to find at present. Because genetically modified rice may reduce irrigation water, reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and increase yield. Love me, love my dog, love my dog. Because I think the safety of genetically modified rice is not guaranteed, I think Zhang Qifa is guilty of doing so. I can't tell you that genetically modified rice is absolutely risk-free, but most people who oppose genetically modified rice are amateurs, and most of them are unfounded and even metaphysical ideological accusations. What those people say is simply not worth mentioning. Genetically modified rice is not absolutely risk-free, just like nuclear weapons, just like gunpowder, just like thermal power, hydropower, and even steam engines, cars, and ship networks. We can't say that the technology that brought great progress to our civilization in the past was risk-free, but with gunpowder and steam engine, we entered the industrial age, with hydropower and nuclear power, we entered the electronic age and then entered the network age. So is genetically modified rice. Cars kill millions of people every year and still run rampant in the streets. Genetically modified rice may solve the problem of feeding hundreds of millions of hungry people, so it is really wrong to be criticized.