Yuan Longping, 1930, was born in Beijing on September 7th. He is from De 'an County, Jiangxi Province, and now lives in Changsha City, Hunan Province. China hybrid rice breeding expert is known as the "father of hybrid rice" in China and an academician of China Academy of Engineering. In April 2006, he was elected as a foreign academician of the National Academy of Sciences. 20 10 was awarded the honorary doctorate of Macau University of Science and Technology. He has successively won the Gold Award for Outstanding Inventor of the United Nations Intellectual Property Organization, the UNESCO Science Award, the Jean-Claude Award of the Jean-Claude Foundation of the United Kingdom, the World Hunger Saving Award of the Fanster Foundation of the United States, the Food safety award of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the Nikkei Asia Award of Japan, the Pioneer Scientist Award for Utilization of Crop Heterosis, and the Yue Guang International Rice Award of Japan.