Yuan Longping - Father of Hybrid Rice
Yuan LP,September 1,1930 was born in Peking (now Beijing),Han,Dean County of Jiangxi Province,personages without party affiliation,now living in Changsha,Hunan.Chinese hybrid rice breeding experts,Chinese Academy of Engineering.The work of the China National Hybrid Rice Technology Center Director cum Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center,Hunan Agricultural University,visiting professor at China Agricultural University,honorary president of Huaihua Vocational and Technical College,Head of FAO,the World Association of Honorary Chairman of Chinese healthy diet,Hunan Province,Hunan Province,Vice-Chairman and Vice Chairman of CAST.April 2006 was elected Foreign Fellow of the American Academy,known as the "father of hybrid rice."