Yuan Longping (1September 7, 930 -202 1 May 22, 2000), male, Han nationality, Beijinger, non-partisan in Dean County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province.

Famous agricultural scientist at home and abroad, pioneer and leader of hybrid rice in China, close friend of China's * * * production party, outstanding representative of personages without party affiliation, winner of * * * and national medal, former vice chairman of Hunan Provincial Political Consultative Conference, former director of National Hybrid Rice Engineering Technology Research Center and academician of China Academy of Engineering, he is known as "the father of hybrid rice".