【描述】中国杂交水稻育种专家袁隆平于上世纪七十年代率领科研团队成功培育籼型杂交水稻，大幅提高水稻产量，为解决粮食安全做出重大贡献。目前，中国杂交水稻已在世界上30多个国家和地区进行研究和推广。
        
         China’s hybrid rice expert Yuan Longping and his research team succeeded in cultivating long-grain hybrid rice in the 1970s, which has increased the rice output by a large margin and made a great contribution to the achievement of food security. China’s hybrid rice has since been introduced into more than 30 countries and regions.
        
        图为2017年9月29日，被国际农学界誉为“杂交水稻之父”的袁隆平在湖南省湘潭河口镇的试验田中查看水稻的长势。
        
         Photo shows Yuan Longping, acclaimed as Father of Hybrid Rice in the international agricultural community, checking the growth of rice during a trial conducted in Hekou Town, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, September 29, 2017.