On November 15, the ashes burial ceremony of Academician Yuan Longping was held in Changsha, Hunan.

Yuan Longping’s wife, Deng Ze, recently accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency, and for the first time talked about the situation before Yuan Longping’s death.

She said that a colleague who visited Yuan Longping before his death asked about the output of the hybrid rice test field, and did not give up at the last moment. He said, "I haven't finished hybrid rice, I am going to retire." (Reporter Wang Shibo Wang Chao Make Liu Peng)

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