China News Service, Beijing, May 24 (Reporter Sun Zifa) At 10 am on May 24, the farewell ceremony for the remains of Academician Yuan Longping was held in the Mingde Hall of the Mingyangshan Funeral Home in Changsha City.
According to news from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Li Xiaohong, Party Secretary and Dean of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Deng Xiuxin, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, went to see off.
In the Mingde Hall, mourning and music sounded, and the portrait of Academician Yuan Longping hung in the center of the hall. Li Xiaohong and Deng Xiuxin walked slowly to stand in silence in front of the body of Academician Yuan Longping, bowed three times to the body of Academician Yuan Longping, and shook hands with the relatives of Academician Yuan Longping one by one. Deeply condolences.
In Beijing, the Chinese Academy of Engineering held a memorial ceremony for Academician Yuan Longping in the lecture hall of the Comprehensive Building of the Academy. Zhong Zhihua, a member of the Party Group and Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, delivered a message of condolences. Chen Yongping, Director of the General Office of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, presided over the ceremony. .
According to the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Academician Yuan Longping is an outstanding agricultural scientist in China, the "father of hybrid rice", and a world-renowned scientist.
He devoted his life to Tian Chou, dedicated to the research, application and promotion of hybrid rice technology, invented the "three-line method" indica hybrid rice, successfully developed the "two-line method" hybrid rice, and created a super hybrid rice technology system.
Academician Yuan Longping has successively won more than 20 domestic and foreign awards, including China's first special invention award, the first national science and technology award, and the UNESCO "Science Award". In 2018, he was awarded the title of "Reform Pioneer" and in 2019, he was awarded the "Medal of the Republic". ".
In addition, according to the article "Sorrowful Memory of Mr. Yuan Longping" on the official website of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Yuan Longping was the first scientist in the world to successfully utilize the heterosis of rice. He began researching hybrid rice in 1964 and successfully bred the world's first practical high-yielding hybrid. Rice varieties have been widely used throughout the country since 1976, which has greatly increased rice production.
For more than 20 years, Yuan Longping has led a team to carry out research on super hybrid rice. At present, the newly bred third-generation hybrid rice has an annual yield of 1530.76 kg per mu.
Hybrid rice is now grown on a large scale in many countries including India, the United States, and Brazil.
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