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Students across China mourn for Yuan Longping
By Global Times Published: May 22, 2021 11:16 PM
Students present flowers in front of a statue of Yuan Longping in Southwest University in southwest China's Chongqing, May 22, 2021. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday. Yuan graduated from the Southwest Agricultural College (now the Southwest University) in 1953.Photo:Xinhua

Students present flowers in front of a statue of Yuan Longping in Southwest University in southwest China's Chongqing, May 22, 2021. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday. Yuan graduated from the Southwest Agricultural College (now the Southwest University) in 1953.Photo:Xinhua


 
Flowers are seen in front of a statue of Yuan Longping in Southwest University in southwest China's Chongqing, May 22, 2021. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday. Yuan graduated from the Southwest Agricultural College (now the Southwest University) in 1953.Photo:Xinhua

Flowers are seen in front of a statue of Yuan Longping in Southwest University in southwest China's Chongqing, May 22, 2021. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday. Yuan graduated from the Southwest Agricultural College (now the Southwest University) in 1953.Photo:Xinhua


 
Students holding flowers stand in front of a statue of Yuan Longping in Southwest University in southwest China's Chongqing, May 22, 2021. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday. Yuan graduated from the Southwest Agricultural College (now the Southwest University) in 1953.Photo:Xinhua

Students holding flowers stand in front of a statue of Yuan Longping in Southwest University in southwest China's Chongqing, May 22, 2021. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday. Yuan graduated from the Southwest Agricultural College (now the Southwest University) in 1953.Photo:Xinhua


 
Students light candles to mourn the passing away of Yuan Longping at University of South China in Hengyang, central China's Hunan Province, May 22, 2021. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday.Photo:Xinhua

Students light candles to mourn the passing away of Yuan Longping at University of South China in Hengyang, central China's Hunan Province, May 22, 2021. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday.Photo:Xinhua


 
Students light candles to mourn the passing away of Yuan Longping at University of South China in Hengyang, central China's Hunan Province, May 22, 2021. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday.Photo:Xinhua

Students light candles to mourn the passing away of Yuan Longping at University of South China in Hengyang, central China's Hunan Province, May 22, 2021. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday.Photo:Xinhua