Yuan Longping delivering an English speech becomes a hot search online
Editor: Zhang Huanqin
Source: english. rednet. cn
Updated: 2017-07-13 10:02:59
On July 11 at the 10th Symposium for Overseas High-level Talents and Overseas Academician Qingdao "Yanxi Lake Forum", 87-aged Yuan Longping from Hunan province, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Science, delivered an English speech on super hybrid rice（超级杂交水稻）fluently for 20 minutes.
Up to 12:00 am on July 12, his English speech video had been accumulatively（累计地）viewed for more than 100 million times and his delivering the English speech at such high age had received a hot search on Weibo for about 200,000 times.
Yuan Longping mentioned in the speech as below:
It is expected that 60%more rice should be produced in 2030 than that in 1995. Currently, 1 ha.（公顷）for rice production provides food for 27 people. By 2050, 1 ha, will have to support 43 people.
"Yuan has made huge contributions to the country's agricultural（农业的）development. He has fed generations of people. "one net user wrote. "It's a surprise that Yuan can speak English at his age. "another commented.
