Yuan Longping, a Beijinger, is from Dean County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. He is also a famous agricultural scientist at home and abroad, a pioneer and leader of hybrid rice in China, and a winner of "* * * and National Medal".
In addition, Yuan Longping also put forward and implemented the "Three Crops and Four High-yielding Projects", using the technical achievements of super hybrid rice, published 6 monographs in Chinese and English, and published more than 60 papers. And was hired by FAO as the chief consultant for the international development of hybrid rice.