China’s “father of hybrid rice” Yuan Longping died after a long illness at the age of 91

Yuan Longping, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering who was known as the “father of hybrid rice” in China, died in Changsha on the morning of the 22nd at the age of 91 due to a medical condition.

The Chinese news agency reported that Yuan, born in 1930, was known as the “father of hybrid rice”. He led his team to cultivate hybrid rice, which has increased the yield of rice from 300 kilograms per mu to more than 1,000 kilograms per mu, contributing to solving the problem of feeding the Chinese people and ensuring national food security.

In January this year, Yuan Longping opened his ShakeYin account “Yuan Longping Chinese pioneer”, and without any posting, the powder rose ten million in one night. The new news agency found Yuan Longping, who is planting rice in Sanya, Hainan, and he said he didn’t know he had been opened to the Shake Yin number, which caused a lot of controversy.