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jimu news commentator xu hanxiong

on august 30, china agricultural university held an opening ceremony for the 2024 freshmen. sun qixin, an academician of the chinese academy of engineering and president of china agricultural university, revealed in his speech that day that mr. yuan longping's granddaughter also enrolled in china agricultural university this year and is one of the 2024 freshmen of the school. on september 1, the media confirmed from yuan longping's son yuan dingyang that the freshman mentioned in the president's speech was his daughter yuan youming. (according to the changsha evening news on september 2)

yuan longping's granddaughter becomes a student at china agricultural university (image source: video screenshot)

yuan longping is the pioneer of hybrid rice research and development in my country and is known as the "father of hybrid rice". after graduating from southwest agricultural college in 1953, yuan longping was assigned to teach at anjiang agricultural school in hunan province. in 1964, he began to engage in hybrid rice research. from then on, he devoted his life to serving the country through agriculture. september 7 this year is the 94th anniversary of yuan longping's birth. yuan longping's granddaughter enrolled in china agricultural university and inherited yuan longping's legacy. this is really gratifying news and can be said to be the best commemoration of yuan longping.

public reports show that yuan longping's son yuan dingyang is currently the deputy director of the hunan hybrid rice research center. in 1990, yuan dingyang was admitted to the guangxi agricultural university majoring in agriculture. after graduating in 1994, he entered the then hunan hybrid rice research center. in 1996, yuan dingyang was admitted to hunan agricultural university to pursue a master's degree. in 1999, he entered the department of biology of the chinese university of hong kong to study molecular biology and obtained a doctorate degree. since then, yuan dingyang has been engaged in hybrid rice research, has won the national science and technology progress award (innovation team), and has published more than 60 scientific papers.

yuan longping's family has three generations of agricultural studies (image source: video screenshot)

yuan longping studied agriculture, yuan dingyang studied agriculture, and yuan youming studied agriculture. three generations of a family studied agriculture, all for the same dream, which was to enable the chinese people to hold their own rice bowls firmly in their own hands. this is an amazing dream and also an amazing "son following in the father's footsteps."

yuan longping has been striving to increase rice production all his life. even at the age of 90, he is still ambitious and is at the forefront of hybrid rice research. it is reported that the names of his three granddaughters were all chosen by him personally, and they are all related to the weather. when the eldest granddaughter was born, it was sunny after rain, so her name contains "qing"; the second granddaughter was born on the day of the rain water solar term, so her name contains "qing"; the youngest granddaughter was born on a starry night, so her name contains "ming". agriculture depends on the weather, and the names of the three granddaughters are all related to the weather. it can be seen that yuan longping is deeply in love with agriculture, and it is also full of hope for the next generation in silence.

today, yuan youming has become a freshman at china agricultural university, which has lived up to yuan longping's expectations. netizens said that this is the best inheritance and they look forward to contributing to the development of china's agriculture in the future!

yuan longping's granddaughter (photo source: video screenshot)

yuan longping had three dreams during his lifetime: one was to "enjoy the shade under the rice plants", the second was to "cover the world with hybrid rice", and the third was to grow rice on saline-alkali land. in 2019, the yuan longping academician work station planted rice at the saline-alkali land rice planting base in keyouzhong banner, xing'an league, with an average yield of 508.8 kilograms per mu. in 2021, the month after yuan longping's death, yuan dingyang released the second phase of the "yuan dream plan" in xing'an league, planting 200,000 mu of salt-alkali tolerant rice locally to help local rice farmers double their income.

"the son inherits the father's business and takes over the father's dream." this is a respectable dream inheritance and a great spiritual inheritance. there is no better story than this. each generation has its own mission and struggle. the dream of "enjoying the cool under the rice" is the pursuit of high and higher yields of rice. this dream is only in progress, and there will always be higher goals to pursue. it also requires generations of agricultural scientific research workers to take over and strive to continuously climb to the peak of per-acre rice yield.

talents emerge in every generation. the fact that yuan longping's granddaughter is enrolled in china agricultural university shows that this is a generation with "feelings", "ambitions", "dreams", "responsibility and dedication". following the path of our predecessors, we will be able to achieve great things with courage and perseverance, and the "yuan meng project" will surely be successful.