Dr. Swaminathan, director of the International Rice Research Institute and former Indian Minister of Agriculture, spoke highly: "We call Mr. Yuan Longping the' father of hybrid rice' because his achievements are not only the pride of China, but also the pride of the world, and his achievements have brought good news to mankind."
Honor list
1, the highest national science and technology award
On February 9, 200012006/KLOC-0, the Central Committee of China and the State Council held a grand national science and technology awards conference and awarded Yuan Longping, a researcher at Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center and an academician of China Academy of Engineering, the highest national science and technology award in 2000. Academician Yuan Longping was commended for breaking through the forbidden zone of classical genetic theory, putting forward a new theory of rice hybridization and achieving a historic breakthrough in rice breeding. At present, China's excellent hybrid rice varieties have accounted for 50% of the country's rice planting area, with an average increase of 20%. Since the planting and popularization of hybrid rice, 350 billion kilograms of rice has been produced, which has produced great economic and social benefits.
This is the first time that scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the development of science and technology have been awarded the highest honor award in the name of the country. The bonus is 5 million yuan.
2. Foreign researchers at the American Academy of Sciences
On April 29th, 2007, Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice in the world and an academician of China Academy of Engineering, officially became a foreign academician of the American Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., and attended the annual meeting of the American Academy of Sciences attended by hundreds of top scientists from all over the world. It is reported that Academician Yuan Longping is the only elected academician of China Academy of Engineering.
The American Academy of Sciences has a long history of 140 years, and is the top academy in the world. Every year, the American Academy of Sciences selects the most outstanding representatives in a certain scientific field in the world, and scientists who have made great contributions to the cause of human science as foreign academicians of the Academy of Sciences. This year, 18 top scientists in the world were awarded foreign academicians of the American Academy of Sciences, and Academician Yuan Longping was elected together with Mr. Bai Chunli, executive vice president of China Academy of Sciences, academician of China Academy of Sciences and a famous nanotechnology expert in China.
Mr. Cicerone, a world-renowned scientist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry and president of the American Academy of Sciences, introduced the reason why Academician Yuan Longping was elected at the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected academician, saying that the hybrid rice technology invented by Mr. Yuan Longping has made outstanding contributions to world food security, and the increased grain has solved the problem of feeding 70 million people in the world every year.
3. Other international honors
(1) 1985. 10, the gold medal for creation and invention awarded by the World Intellectual Property Organization (outstanding inventor) (the same below).
(2) 1987. 1 1, UNESCO Science Award.
(3) 1988.3, agronomy and nutrition award of Rank foundation.
(4) 1993.4, Honorary Award of Feinstein Foundation for Saving World Hunger (Research).
(5) 1993 was awarded the "Hunger Saving Award" by the Philippine ginster Foundation.
(6) 1994, He Liang Heli Fund Award.
(7) 1996.5, Nikkei Asia Award of Japan Economic News Agency.
(8) 1997.8, the title of outstanding pioneer scientist of heterosis utilization in the international symposium on crop genetics and heterosis utilization in Mexico.
(9) 1998. 1 1, Yue Guang international rice prize, Yue Guang international rice prize bureau.
(10)200 1.8, Ramon? Ramon Magsaysay Award in the Philippines? Magsaysay foundation
(11) May 2004, Wolf Prize, Wolf Foundation of Israel.
(12) was awarded the honorary badge of "Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam" by the Vietnamese government in 2002.
(13) 2004.6438+00, World Food Prize, World Food Prize Foundation.
(14) On March 30th, 2008, Yuan Longping, a famous scientist in China and the "father of hybrid rice", was awarded the "2007 Lifetime Achievement Award of China people who influenced the world".
Yuan Longping's spirit and quality.
1. Innovation, the first hybrid rice in China;
2. Always caring for people, he solved the problem of food and clothing for one fifth of the world's population;
3. Do not pay attention to fame and fortune. If he had applied for a patent, he might be the richest man in China now, but he has made selfless contributions to the country.
4. Pursuit of art, he is good at violin and likes to dabble in a wide range of books;
Simple, even though he has become a millionaire, his life is still simple.