
Rice breeding expert Yu Fu'an (R) checks the growth of rice seedlings at a rice breeding base in Tianjin, north China, April 15, 2022.
Yu Fu'an, 56, has been devoted in research on rice breeding for more than 30 years. Yu's team has successfully cultivated many new rice varieties and was awarded the grand prize in Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award recently. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Rice breeding expert Yu Fu'an checks the growth of rice seedlings at a rice breeding base in Tianjin, north China, April 15, 2022.
Yu Fu'an, 56, has been devoted in research on rice breeding for more than 30 years. Yu's team has successfully cultivated many new rice varieties and was awarded the grand prize in Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award recently. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Rice breeding expert Yu Fu'an answers a phone call from farmers as he checks the growth of rice seedlings at a rice breeding base in Tianjin, north China, April 15, 2022.
Yu Fu'an, 56, has been devoted in research on rice breeding for more than 30 years. Yu's team has successfully cultivated many new rice varieties and was awarded the grand prize in Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award recently. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Rice breeding expert Yu Fu'an walks at a rice breeding base in Tianjin, north China, April 15, 2022.
Yu Fu'an, 56, has been devoted in research on rice breeding for more than 30 years. Yu's team has successfully cultivated many new rice varieties and was awarded the grand prize in Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award recently. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Rice breeding expert Yu Fu'an checks rice seeds at a rice breeding base in Tianjin, north China, April 15, 2022.
Yu Fu'an, 56, has been devoted in research on rice breeding for more than 30 years. Yu's team has successfully cultivated many new rice varieties and was awarded the grand prize in Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award recently. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Rice breeding expert Yu Fu'an checks rice seedlings at a rice breeding base in Tianjin, north China, April 15, 2022.
Yu Fu'an, 56, has been devoted in research on rice breeding for more than 30 years. Yu's team has successfully cultivated many new rice varieties and was awarded the grand prize in Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award recently. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Rice breeding expert Yu Fu'an checks the growth of rice seedlings at a rice breeding base in Tianjin, north China, April 15, 2022.
Yu Fu'an, 56, has been devoted in research on rice breeding for more than 30 years. Yu's team has successfully cultivated many new rice varieties and was awarded the grand prize in Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award recently. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Rice breeding expert Yu Fu'an checks the growth of rice seedlings at a rice breeding base in Tianjin, north China, April 15, 2022.
Yu Fu'an, 56, has been devoted in research on rice breeding for more than 30 years. Yu's team has successfully cultivated many new rice varieties and was awarded the grand prize in Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award recently. (Xinhua/Li Ran)



