This news was released at 11 am, China time, but proved to be premature. He had been taken to hospital. However, at 2 pm, it was confirmed that he had passed way.
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QuoteSecretary Yuan Longping: Yuan Longping is in hospital, although his death was incorrectly reported on line
ThePaper.cn
2021-05-22 11:13 Source: ThePaper.cn
At about 11:00 on May 22, the Paper.cn (www.thepaper.cn) learned from Yang Yaosong, Secretary of Yuan Longping's Academician that the on line news about Yuan Longping's death was false. Yuan Longping is in a hospital and is not in good health. "We're in the hospital."
Yuan Longping, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, is 91, according to public information. He is the founder of China's R&D hybrid rice and an expert in hybrid rice breeding, and is known as the "father of world hybrid rice". In September 2019, Yuan Longping was awarded the "Order of the Republic."
Yuan Longping has won 11 international awards, including the "National Top Invention Award" and the "First Highest Award for Science and Technology", as well as the UN "Science Award", the "Wolf Award" and the "World Food Award". He has published six books in Chinese and English and has published more than 60 papers. In 1995, Yuan Longping was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
