Top hybrid rice scientist lifts hundreds of millions out of hunger globally
Yang Sheng is a chief reporter at the Global Times covering Chinese politics, diplomacy and military.
Yang Sheng, Lou Kang and Lin Xiaoyi Published: May 23, 2021 11:23 PM Updated: May 24, 2021 12:33 AM
Yuan Longping Photo: VCG
Students present flowers in front of a statue of Yuan Longping at Southwest University in southwest China s Chongqing on Sunday. Yuan, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday. Yuan graduated from the Southwest Agricultural College (now the Southwest University) in 1953. Photo: cnsphoto
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