16. Yuan Longping, known as China's "father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻)" died on May 22, 2021. People around the world were sad to hear of this news
In the 1960s, people in China didn't have much food to eat. Many people lost their lives because of this. Yuan was very worried, and he decided to work on a kind of hybrid rice to feed more people. He spent four years looking for that kind of rice. Because of his hard work in 1964 he found it!1973, he grew the world's first kind of hybrid rice. It could reach over 500 kg per mu. Farmers can grow it on many different kinds of land. It can fight bad weather and disease, too. This kind of hybrid rice has been grown all over China since then. It has helped feed people not only in China but also in other countries.
Yuan was a great scientist. But he called himself a farmer. He spent most of his time in the field(田地). Even in March this year, he was working in a field in Hainan. He said, "If I am not at home, I must be on the farmland;if I am not on the farmland, I must be on my way to the farmland. " Yuan was also a great person. He got so many prizes(奖项) but he still lived a simple life. He didn't care about money. He gave most of his money to help young scientists.
We should remember this great man and try to be a good person like him.