China News Service, Changchun, May 23 (Gao Longan) Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and winner of the "Republic Medal", has left forever.
The best memory for this old man is to do his unfinished business well.
More than two months ago, the Changchun Municipal People’s Government and the China National Hybrid Rice Engineering Technology Research Center signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties plan to build a technology innovation center in Changchun City to promote the development of the rice seed industry and the protection of black soil. Academician Yuan Longping served as the chief of the center expert.
The assistant to Academician Yuan Longping and the person in charge of the Technology Innovation Center said that the two sides will strengthen their research on high-quality hybrid japonica rice, silage rice, and the cultivation of salt-tolerant rice.
There is a large area of saline-alkali land in northern China. Licensing said that the successful application of hybrid rice in southern rice areas will provide valuable experience for the cultivation of saline-alkali-tolerant rice in the north.
The staff of the Cooperation and Exchange Office of the Changchun Municipal People’s Government introduced to reporters that not long ago, the team of Academician Yuan Longping visited Changchun three times and opened the Agricultural Investment Industrial Farm in Changchun City, Changchun (Gongzhuling) National Agricultural High-tech Industry Demonstration Zone, and Nong’an County. The three places in Wanshun Township have established rice test bases, which have now entered the breeding and cultivation stage.
All work is proceeding smoothly and orderly. The only regret is the sudden departure of Academician Yuan Longping.
When the reporter talked with Licensing, a low grief could still be heard on the other end of the phone.
He said that he and Academician Yuan Longping have known each other for 35 years. Everyone in the team knows his temper. Team work cannot be stopped or stopped. Everyone is on the road, continuing to tackle key problems and fulfilling the dream that the academician failed to realize.
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