Chinese Greatest Scientist Yuan Longping Passed Away on May 22
Yuan Longping, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and winner of the "Medal of the Republic", passed away at 13:07 on May 22 at the age of 91 in Changsha, Hunan. He devoted his life to the research, application and promotion of hybrid rice technology, creating a super hybrid rice technology system and making outstanding contributions to China's food security and the development of agricultural science in the world's food supply.