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on august 30, china agricultural university held the opening ceremony for the 2024 freshmen. reporters noted that sun qixin, an academician of the chinese academy of engineering and president of china agricultural university, revealed in his speech that day thatmr. yuan longping's granddaughter also enrolled in china agricultural university this year and is one of the school's freshmen class of 2024.

on september 1, the media confirmed from yuan longping's son yuan dingyang that the new student mentioned in the principal's speech was his daughter yuan youming. yuan youming once said in an interview that she wanted to be like her grandfather when she grows up.

it is reported that this year, china agricultural university has admitted a total of 9,543 new students of various types. "this year is the largest enrollment since the founding of china agricultural university 119 years ago," said sun qixin.

in the layout of the opening ceremony of china agricultural university, four words were specially reflected this year:"enjoying the cool under the rice fields"this is one of the two dreams of yuan longping, the winner of the medal of the republic and the father of hybrid rice in the world. yuan longping has two dreams: the first dream is to enjoy the coolness under the rice plants and pursue high and higher yields of rice; the second dream is to make hybrid rice cover the whole world.

the opening ceremony for the 2024 freshmen. image source: china agricultural university

sun qixin said that the dream of hybrid rice covering the world has now been realized.hybrid rice has been tested, planted and promoted in more than 70 countries and regions around the world, and has become a major scientific and technological achievement in solving food problems in many african and southeast asian countries.

sun qixin mentioned that when he was issuing admission letters on site this year, he asked students "why did you choose to apply to china agricultural university?" some students answered that it was because they learned about yuan longping's dedication to the country and the world in middle school.therefore, i want to follow the path that grandpa yuan longping has taken and contribute the tremendous power of young people to the realization of the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation.he was deeply moved by this answer.

"i hope that students will be an innovative generation with 'feelings', an innovative generation with 'ambition', an innovative generation with 'responsibility and dedication', a innovative generation with 'confidence', and an innovative generation with 'actions', and make tangible new contributions to the construction of a strong country and make greater contributions to the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation." sun qixin sent a message to all freshmen.

the reporter learned that september 7 this year is the 94th anniversary of yuan longping's birth. many netizens left messages saying,cherishing food, eating well and living a healthy life are the best ways to remember grandpa yuan!