National Spirit

This book is a reportage about Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice. It has about 200,000 words with dozens of photos about Yuan Longping's work and life at different periods. It is a book for people to understand Yuan Longping's personal growth and the hybrid rice business he created comprehensively. Starting from the history of human hunger and the world's food security, the book focused on Yuan Longping's growing experience and touching story. It introduced 19 domestic and foreign awards and honors Yuan Longping has achieved so far, including the First China Science and Technology Award, the United Nations Food Prize and so on. The book comprehensively displayed the noble spiritual world of Yuan Longping, "e;the father of hybrid rice"e;, member of China Engineering Academy, who spent over 40 years to study the hybrid rice and to make contributions to people. As the latest works about Yuan Longping, this book provides some unpublished material and valuable photos.