Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist, has saved people without any magic. His success on hybrid rice(杂交水稻) fed (million) of people in hunger.
Yuan (be) born on September 7, 1930. After graduating from Southwest Agricultural institute(农业学院), he workeda teacher at agricultural school in Hunan.
About 50 years ago , some natural disasters(灾难) hit China. Yuan saw many people lose their lives becausehunger every day. Since then, he (do) research on how to grow good quality rice. In 1964, he found a natural hybrid rice plant by accident. It had great advantages over others. Yuan was excited about what he discovered. He then decided(study) this particular plant.
In1973, he started to grow a type of hybrid rice. It (produce) 20% more rice each unit than common ones. The next year he had great success. This progress made China the world's leader in rice production.
In China, most rice fields(稻田) grow yuan's hybrid rice. He is called the "Father of Hybrid Rice".
He(die) on May 22nd, 2021, he still lives in our hearts forever.
