Good role model for Chinese children: Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice

Author: Zhuang Zhixia, Sun Jianhe
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Yuan Longping, a renowned Chinese expert in hybrid rice. In his childhood, he suffered greatly from war and witnessed the tragic scene of emaciated corpses everywhere, which led him to aspire to become an agricultural scientist to solve the "food" problem for the people. With this ideal, he devoted himself to the research of rice for decades, weathering storms and trials, and finally proved with solid facts that not only could the Chinese feed themselves, but they could also help the world solve the "food" problem. As a result, he received numerous honors and earned the love of people worldwide with his extraordinary wisdom and noble character. In the face of honors, he said: I am just a knowledgeable farmer, and my roots are in China.