Yuan Longping (C), a renowned Chinese developer of hybrid rice, is seen in a rice field in Handan City, North China’s Hebei Province. The province’s department of science and technology has verified that a hybrid rice project headed by Yuan, known as Xiangliangyou 900, achieved an average yield of 1,149.01 kilograms of rice per mu (about 0.07 hectares) of farmland, setting a new world record, according to the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center. (Photo/VCG)
