Yuan Longping, ‘father of hybrid rice,’ attends university’s opening ceremony (1/5)

Yuan Longping, a renowned Chinese agricultural scientist known as the "father of hybrid rice," attends the opening ceremony for newly enrolled undergraduates at Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha City, Central China's Hunan Province, Sept. 16, 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Xiong Yangjun)

Yuan Longping, a renowned Chinese agricultural scientist known as the "father of hybrid rice," attends the opening ceremony for newly enrolled undergraduates at Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha City, Central China's Hunan Province, Sept. 16, 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Xiong Yangjun)

Yuan Longping, a renowned Chinese agricultural scientist known as the "father of hybrid rice," attends the opening ceremony for newly enrolled undergraduates at Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha City, Central China's Hunan Province, Sept. 16, 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Xiong Yangjun)

Yuan Longping, a renowned Chinese agricultural scientist known as the "father of hybrid rice," attends the opening ceremony for newly enrolled undergraduates at Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha City, Central China's Hunan Province, Sept. 16, 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Xiong Yangjun)

Yuan Longping, a renowned Chinese agricultural scientist known as the "father of hybrid rice," attends the opening ceremony for newly enrolled undergraduates at Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha City, Central China's Hunan Province, Sept. 16, 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Xiong Yangjun)