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袁隆平

袁隆平(1930年-)，江西省九江市德安县人，中国杂交水稻育种专家，被称为中国的“杂交水稻之父”，中国工程院院士。2001年获得首届“国家最高科学技术奖”。

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Yuan Longping

Yuan Longping (1930-), a native of De’an County of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is a Chinese agricultural scientist and is known as "Father of Hybrid Rice". He is also a distinguished academician of the China Academy of Engineering, and was awarded the "National Top Prize for Science and Technology" in 2001.

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