YuanLongping(bornSeptember7,1930)isaChineseagriculturalscientistandeducator,knownfordevelopingthe
firsthybridricevarietiesinthe1970s.His"hybridrice"hassincebeengrownindozensofcountriesinAfrica,America,
andAsia—providingarobustfoodsourceinhighfamineriskareas.
Mr.YuanwontheStatePreeminentScienceandTechnologyAwardofChinain2000,theWolfPrizeinagriculture
andtheWorldFoodPrizein2004.HeiscurrentlyisDirectorGeneraloftheChinaNationalHybridRiceR&DCenterand
hasbeenappointedasProfessoratHunanAgriculturalUniversity,Changsha.HeisamemberoftheChineseAcademy
ofEngineering,foreignassociateoftheUSNationalAcademyofSciences(2006)andthe2006CPPCC.
Mr.YuanwasborninBeijing,China.HelovesplayingMajongandtheErhu(Chineseviolin),swimmingandmotorcycling.