China News Agency, Sanya, May 22, title: Nanfan people spread the spirit of “seed” on the anniversary of Yuan Longping’s death
China News Agency reporter Wang Xiaobin
On May 22, the first anniversary of the death of Academician Yuan Longping, a 5.22-meter bronze statue of Yuan Longping was unveiled in Sanya, Hainan. “People are like seeds, you need to be a good seed.” The “seed” spirit proposed by Yuan Longping has taken root in the Nanfan base and has affected everyone in Nanfan.
The southern part of Hainan Island has superior light and heat conditions. Since the 1950s, breeding researchers from all over China have brought seeds to Hainan Island for additional generation and selection in autumn and winter. This work is called Nanfan breeding. , These researchers call themselves “Nanfan people”.
“I went to Hainan to work in 1994, and I have been in the breeding and breeding line in southern China. It can be said that Hainan has the most contacts with Mr. Yuan Longping and has received the most education and help.” said Cao Bing, the winner of the 8th Yuan Longping Agricultural Science and Technology Award and vice president of Hainan University. , Yuan Longping devoted his life to high-yield, high-yield, and ultra-high-yield rice, and made unremitting efforts to solve food security in China and the world.
The last scientific research project that Yuan Longping personally promoted before his death, “Hybrid Rice Double-season Yield of 3,000 Kg per Mu”, was aimed at high yield. Earlier this month, a demonstration site in Sanya produced 910 kilograms of rice per mu, reaching the preset target. In 2021, the average yield per mu of rice at this demonstration site is 1,586.86 kilograms.
According to Chen Can, the person in charge of the demonstration site, the early rice variety is still “Xiangliangyou 900” (also known as “Chaoyou Qianhao”) developed by Yuan Longping’s team. During this period, despite the adverse effects such as low temperature, it still achieved the set target, indicating that the stability of the variety and technology has been verified.
Yuan Longping had repeatedly called for strengthening the protection of the precious Nanfan land resources. Hainan has previously set up 269,000 mu of Nanfan protected area and 53,000 mu of core area, which are included in the key protection of permanent basic farmland. In the Nanfan core area of Lingshui Li Autonomous County, the first phase of the supporting service area of the National Nanfan Scientific Research and Breeding Base (Lingshui Anmayang) (hereinafter referred to as “Anmayang Core Area”) has been put into use, with more than 20 units stationed.
“The old man is full of deep affection for Nanfan’s career.” Dai Yang, the head of the core area of Anmayang, said that when the first China (Lingshui) Nanfan Forum was held in 2015, Yuan Longping was invited to attend, and in his keynote speech, he particularly talked about his work in Sanya, Breeding experience in Lingshui area. “His hard-working, enterprising and innovative spirit has infected us.” Dai Yang said that the construction of the second and third phases of the Anmayang core area will be accelerated to provide better protection for Nanfan experts.
“On this special day, when the bronze statue was unveiled, I was in a mixed mood.” Yuan Dingyang, deputy director of the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center and son of Yuan Longping, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that he followed in his father’s footsteps and came to Sanya every winter to work Nanfan work. Since last winter, the Haitang Bay Base of the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center has successfully settled in, and new progress has been made in projects such as the “Hybrid Rice Yield of 3,000 Kg per Mu in Two Seasons” and the National Salt and Alkali Tolerance Center.
“We are building a ‘Silicon Valley’ in the south of the country. Yuan Lao’s spirit of climbing the peak of science and technology, with the feelings of the motherland and the people in mind, is the spiritual force we want to spread and absorb.” said Ke Yongchun, director of Sanya Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau. This piece of Nanfan land “builds a bronze statue, and hopes to build a spiritual monument”. (Finish)