China News Service, Changsha, April 2 (Reporter Tang Xiaoqing) On April 2, the bronze statue of Yuan Longping, "Father of Hybrid Rice", academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and winner of the "Medal of the Republic" was unveiled at Daosheng Square in the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
The bronze statue was carved in 1992 and has been placed in the office building of the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences for 30 years.
The bronze statue shows the image of Academician Yuan Longping in middle age, and it is now placed in a position facing his experimental field.
On the base of the bronze statue is engraved with Yuan Longping's handwriting "May the world have a full meal" in large characters.
Yang Yaosong, secretary of Academician Yuan Longping, told reporters that the bronze statue was chosen to be unveiled on the eve of Qingming Festival to let the public remember the great achievements of Academician Yuan Longping in creating hybrid rice and to promote the scientific spirit of Mr. Yuan.
Deng Ze, wife of Academician Yuan Longping, and his juniors came to the scene.
After the bronze statue was unveiled, Deng Ze, supported by his family, as well as academician Yuan Longping's former colleagues and students, presented flowers to the bronze statue and circled the bronze statue.
"We will always remember Mr. Yuan Longping's dream of enjoying the cool weather, the dream of hybrid rice covering the world, and the vision of everyone in the world to have a full meal, for the national seed industry to be self-reliant and self-reliant and controllable for seed sources, for national food security and promoting Mr. Yuan Longping The scientific spirit will continue to move forward and make unremitting efforts." said Yu Yinghong, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
The bronze statue of Yuan Longping.
Photo by Yang Huafeng
Upon learning of the unveiling of the bronze statue of Yuan Longping, Liu Zhiji, a staff member of the Security Office of the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, came to the scene early in the morning to wait and lay flowers.
"It is very meaningful to thank Academician Yuan for his great contribution to the food problem of people all over the world on Qingming Festival." Liu Zhiji said.
Ms. Yang, who was in a flower shop near Hunan Agricultural University, gave out 500 chrysanthemums for free for the public to remember Academician Yuan Longping.
"Old Yuan has entered a dreamland, where the ears of rice are taller than sorghum. On Qingming Festival, we used flowers to express our grief and memory for Mr. Yuan." Ms. Yang said.
Yuan Longping is the first scientist in the world to successfully apply the hybrid advantages of rice to production. He has devoted himself to the research, application and promotion of hybrid rice technology for decades, and has made great contributions to China's food security, agricultural scientific development and world food supply. contribute.
On May 22 last year, Yuan Longping died in Changsha at the age of 91 due to ineffective treatment.
On November 15 of the same year, the memorial meeting for Academician Yuan Longping and the placement ceremony of the spiritual bones were held at the Mausoleum of Tangren Wanshou Garden in Changsha City.
The memory and memory of him from all walks of life have never stopped.
On April 1, on the eve of the first Qingming Festival after the passing of Academician Yuan Longping, his family, former colleagues and students held a Qingming condolence meeting at Tangren Wanshou Garden in Changsha County.
The guests held golden rice ears, sowed seeds in the Merit Square, and delivered letters of condolences to express their condolences to Academician Yuan Longping.
Fan Zheng, a staff member of the Mausoleum of Longevity Garden in Tang Dynasty, told reporters that there are many people who come to pay homage to Yuan Lao on weekdays, and many rice researchers often come to report the progress of the work.
"At present, people have begun to spontaneously come to sacrifice and sweep, offering flowers and bowing in memory. Flowers and fruits are stacked in front of Yuan Lao's tomb. We have also set up a new postbox beside the tomb, and those who come to sacrifice and sweep can put in letters, postcards, etc. , and send my condolences to him." Fan Zheng said that the cemetery will properly organize and preserve the letters, and how to deal with it later will need to be discussed with Yuan's family.
The hybrid rice business that Yuan Lao is concerned about is still moving forward.
"The three main research tasks that Academician Yuan cared about during his lifetime were: ultra-high-yield rice, third-generation hybrid rice, and saline-alkali-tolerant rice. After the death of Mr. Yuan, these three areas have been steadily advancing. At present, hybrid rice has achieved a double-season anniversary. The yield per mu is 3,000 jin, and the latest hybrid rice variety 'Sanyou No. 1' of the third generation has a very high double-cropping late rice yield." Yang Yaosong said that the demonstration of saline-alkali-tolerant hybrid rice has also made progress in stages.
People offer flowers.
Photo by Yang Huafeng
The Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center has established the "Saline-tolerant Rice National Regional Test Consortium" with 18 saline-alkali-tolerant rice research institutes across the country. A total of 8 saline-alkali-tolerant rice varieties have been approved, with a demonstration yield of up to 580.06 kg per mu.
On March 31, the launching ceremony of the Hunan National Saline-tolerant Rice Technology Innovation Center was held at the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center.
By 2030, China will promote the cultivation of nearly 100 million mu of salinity-tolerant rice, adding 30 billion kilograms of grain production capacity.
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