On May 22 a year ago, Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", passed away.

The main farewell hall was filled with wreaths, one of which read "Xi Jinping respectfully".

General Secretary Xi Jinping also entrusted the then secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee to make a special trip to visit Yuan Longping's family and convey his deep condolences to Yuan Longping and cordial greetings to his family.

　　Xi Jinping emphasized that our best memory for Comrade Yuan Longping is to learn from his noble qualities of love for the party, the motherland, and the people, firm belief, unswerving determination, courage to innovate, and unpretentiousness, and learning from his commitment to the needs of the motherland and the people, With the goal of dedicating to the motherland and the people, he has devoted his life to ploughing the fields, and down-to-earth to write scientific and technological papers on the land of the motherland.

In August 2013, Yuan Longping checked the growth of rice in the fourth phase of Yuan Longping's super rice demonstration film in Liande Village, Huangguan Town, Guanyang County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province.

(Source: Xinhua News Agency)

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　　On the eve of the "May 1st" Labor Day in 2013, Yuan Longping, as a representative of the national labor model, was invited to participate in a symposium at the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

At the meeting, he told General Secretary Xi Jinping about his two dreams:

　　One is the dream of enjoying the coolness under Hexia. The super hybrid rice in the dream test field grows as high as sorghum, with ears as long as a broom, and grains as large as peanuts. He sits under the grass and enjoys the cool breeze.

　　Another is hybrid rice covering the global dream.

Yuan Longping has calculated that there are 160 million hectares of rice fields in the world. If half of them are planted with hybrid rice, the yield per hectare will increase by 2 tons, and the annual increase in grain production can feed an additional 500 million people.

　　Yuan Longping said: "This is my Chinese dream. The former is a dream I have actually had, and the latter is my dream for many years. The realization of these two dreams is my lifelong pursuit." At the symposium, he took out two The photo of Zhang Super Hybrid Rice was handed to the general secretary.

　　Seeing the super rice like a waterfall, Xi Jinping said: "Super rice, really full of grains. You are a great cause. Our country, including the whole world, is still actively fighting for food security. There are still many people in the world. I don’t have enough to eat. When I talk about cooperation with many countries, I talk about cooperation in the field of food security, and many people have mentioned cooperation in advanced technology in our agriculture, especially in hybrid rice. So our cause is to benefit the motherland. A cause for the benefit of the people and the world.”

　　At that time, the third phase of super hybrid rice planted by Yuan Longping achieved the goal of yielding 900 kg per mu ahead of schedule.

In front of the general secretary, the old man said firmly: "In my lifetime, I will not be satisfied with the yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu, and I will continue to breed the fifth and sixth super hybrid rice until I realize the dream of enjoying the coolness under the grass. ."

　　Xi Jinping and everyone warmly applauded the heroic spirit of the old scientist.

On the afternoon of April 12, 2018, Xi Jinping inspected Sanya City, Hainan Province.

The picture shows that Xi Jinping, together with agricultural technical experts Yuan Longping, walked along the ridge into the super hybrid rice display field of "Chaoyou Qianhao" at the National Nanfan Scientific Research and Breeding Base (Hainan) to observe the growth of the rice and understand the yield and taste of the super hybrid rice. and promotion.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi

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　　The National Nanfan Scientific Research and Breeding Base located in Sanya, Hainan is Yuan Longping's "blessed land".

He said more than once that half of the success of hybrid rice is due to Nanfan.

The local unique tropical climate is conducive to the breeding of crops. It takes 8-10 years to cultivate new varieties in other places. In Nanfan, this cycle can be shortened by 1/3 or even half.

　　In April 2018, Xi Jinping braved the high temperature of more than 30 degrees Celsius to come to the National Nanfan Scientific Research and Breeding Base.

Seeing Yuan Longping, Xi Jinping greeted and said, "You are still very strong!" Yuan Longping smiled heartily and pointed to the 100-mu super hybrid rice display field behind him: "Thank you General Secretary. Let's take a look at our super rice, it's very beautiful! "

　　In that paddy field, the latest achievement of the National Hybrid Rice Engineering Technology Research Center "Chaoyou Qianhao" is planted.

Along the ridge, Xi Jinping walked into the super rice display field.

Stopping and going, he lowered his head to carefully check the growth of Super Rice, sometimes pointing, and sometimes communicating with Yuan Longping.

Xi Jinping was very happy when he heard that the super hybrid rice varieties have repeatedly set the world's highest rice yield record.

　　In the report, Yuan Longping talked about the anecdote of "Super Excellent Thousand Number".

"Once, I gave this rice to Japanese rice experts, and they said that the taste is comparable to that of the Japanese high-grade rice variety 'Koshihikari'. I said, 'Koshihikari' yields 800 kilograms per mu, and ours is 800 kilograms! So good! The rice, Indian experts have been lingering after seeing it!"

　　One billion people need to eat, which is the biggest national condition of China.

In the scorching sun in Sanya, Xi Jinping stressed that improved seeds play a very crucial role in promoting grain production.

We must make up our minds to develop my country's seed industry, quickly cultivate excellent varieties with independent intellectual property rights, and ensure national food security from the source.

　　To stabilize China's rice bowl, Yuan Longping feels that he has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders: "We who are engaged in agricultural research must have the courage to shoulder the burden of ensuring food security."

On September 29, 2019, the awarding ceremony of the National Medal and National Honorary Title of the People's Republic of China was held in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The picture shows Xi Jinping presenting the medal to Yuan Longping, the winner of the "Medal of the Republic".

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Ye

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　　On the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, Yuan Longping was awarded the "Medal of the Republic".

The day before he left for Beijing to receive the award, he went down to the field to say goodbye to Super Rice.

　　At the awarding ceremony, people noticed that Xi Jinping and Yuan Longping talked about "whispers".

In an interview, Yuan Longping said with a smile: "The general secretary asked me what progress I have made? I said, we are sprinting to 1,200 kilograms per mu!" In Yuan Longping's view, the heavy medal is both an encouragement and a spur, "I can't lie down. Sleep well on the credit book, you should continue to work hard and continue to climb the peak."

After Yuan Longping rushed back to Hunan, the first thing he did was look at rice.

　　This scientist who "looks more like a farmer" is in the experimental field when he is not at home, and he is on the way to the experimental field when he is not in the experimental field.

In his later years, Yuan Longping continued to be enthusiastic about his work. He got up at 8:00 every morning and did aerobics while watching the hybrid rice behind the house.

Now, many people don't leave their mobile phones, and he is carrying an electronic calculator, which is convenient for calculating rice production anytime, anywhere.

Someone asked Yuan Longping what he cared about most in his life?

He blurted out that "the most concerned about hybrid rice".

　　Today, the Yuan Longping Super Hybrid Rice Mengzi Demonstration Base has an average yield of over 1,100 kilograms per 100 acres for four consecutive years; the 100,000-mu "sea rice" planted by Yuan Longping's "sea rice" team has an average yield of more than 400 kilograms per mu; the promotion of hybrid rice to More than 60 countries and regions around the world, with an overseas planting area of ​​more than 7 million hectares...

　　Four years ago, Xi Jinping listened to Yuan Longping talk about rice on the Nanfan field ridge.

In April this year, Xi Jinping came to Sanya, Hainan again.

He said: "We must carry forward the spirit of the older generation of scientific and technological workers, and Comrade Yuan Longping is a role model."

　　Text / Jing Xuan

　　Editor/Zhong Qi

　　Source/People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, etc.