2021-05-24 04:35:18 GMT2021-05-24 12:35:18(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CHANGSHA, May 24 (Xinhua) China on Monday morning held a memorial service to bid farewell to Yuan Longping, known as the father of hybrid rice, who passed away on Saturday.
Despite being a busy work day, thousands of people dressed in black showed up and laid flowers at the site before the service began at 10 a.m. in Changsha, capital of central China s Hunan Province.
The top rice scientist, who in 1973 developed the first high-yield hybrid rice strain, died of organ failure at 91 in Changsha.
The agronomist spent over five decades researching and improving hybrid rice, which has reached its third generation, helping China work a great wonder feeding nearly one-fifth of the world s population with less than 9 percent of the world s total arable land.
1st LD: Farewell to father of hybrid rice Yuan Longping
Xinhua
24 May 2021, 14:44 GMT+10
CHANGSHA, May 24 (Xinhua) China on Monday morning held a memorial service to bid farewell to Yuan Longping, known as the father of hybrid rice, who passed away on Saturday. Despite being a busy work day, thousands of people dressed in black showed up and laid flowers at the site before the service began at 10 a.m. in Changsha, capital of central China s Hunan Province. The top rice scientist, who in 1973 developed the first high-yield hybrid rice strain, died of organ failure at 91 in Changsha. The agronomist spent over five decades researching and improving hybrid rice, which has reached its third generation, helping China work a great wonder feeding nearly one-fifth of the world s population with less than 9 percent of the world s total arable land.
Xinhua Headlines: Farewell to father of hybrid rice Yuan Longping
Xinhua
25 May 2021, 02:06 GMT+10 Yuan Longping, whose high-yield hybrid rice helped fend off hunger in the world s most populous country and beyond, died of illness on Saturday. His memorial service in the city of Changsha attracted tens of thousands of mourners, including many arriving from other cities to see Grandpa Yuan for the last time. The mourning crowd stripped the city s florists bare of chrysanthemums. Condolences came from across the globe. The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs called Yuan a true food hero, praising him for saving millions of people from hunger.
2nd LD: Farewell to father of hybrid rice Yuan Longping
Xinhua
24 May 2021, 17:18 GMT+10
CHANGSHA, May 24 (Xinhua) China on Monday morning held a memorial service to bid farewell to Yuan Longping, known as the father of hybrid rice, who passed away on Saturday. Despite being a busy work day, thousands of people dressed in black showed up and laid flowers at the site before the service began at 10 a.m. in Changsha, capital of central China s Hunan Province. The top rice scientist, who cultivated the first high-yield hybrid rice strain, died of organ failure at 91 in Changsha. The agronomist helped China work a great wonder feeding nearly one-fifth of the world s population with less than 9 percent of the world s total arable land.