Yan Long'an

Yan Long'an
Yan Long'an
颜龙安
Born	September 16, 1937 (age 86); Pingxiang, Jiangxi, China
Alma mater	Jiangxi Agricultural University
	Scientific career
Fields	Hybrid rice
Institutions	Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	颜龙安
Traditional Chinese	顏龍安
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yán Lóng'ān

Yan Long'an (born September 16, 1937) is a Chinese agronomist best known for developing the hybrid rice "Shan-You 2".^[1]^[2] He has been hailed as "Mother of Hybrid Rice".^[3] He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th National People's Congress.

Biography[edit]

Yan was born in Dongqiao Township of Pingxiang, Jiangxi, on September 16, 1937. In 1958, he was accepted to Jiangxi Agricultural College (now Jiangxi Agricultural University), where he majored in the Department of Agriculture. After graduating in 1962, he was dispatched to Pingxiang Agriculture Bureau as a technician. In 1970, he was transferred to Pingxiang Agricultural Science Institute, where he was promoted to director in 1983. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1970. In 1995, he was appointed party chief and president of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and served until 1998.^{[citation needed]}

Honours and awards[edit]

2007 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)^[4]

References[edit]

^ 杂交水稻都晓得，谁人了解颜龙安. 163.com (in Chinese). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ Gan Zuxuan (赣祖轩) (8 August 2014). 颜龙安：让稻田高产，让天下人吃饱. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ Yang Yinhe (杨印和) (23 November 2011). 颜龙安：缔造稻谷神话的“中国杂交水稻之母”. jxwmw.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ Song Haifeng (宋海峰) (23 October 2017). 水稻专家、中国工程院院士颜龙安：为国家粮食安全插上科技翅膀. 163.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[0-1] 杂交水稻都晓得，谁人了解颜龙安. 163.com (in Chinese). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[2] Gan Zuxuan (赣祖轩) (8 August 2014). 颜龙安：让稻田高产，让天下人吃饱. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[3] Yang Yinhe (杨印和) (23 November 2011). 颜龙安：缔造稻谷神话的“中国杂交水稻之母”. jxwmw.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[4] Song Haifeng (宋海峰) (23 October 2017). 水稻专家、中国工程院院士颜龙安：为国家粮食安全插上科技翅膀. 163.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.

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