What is Yuan Longping?
[[File:袁隆平の画像 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Yuan Longping''' ({{zh|c=袁隆平}}; September 7, 1930{{spnd}}May 22, 2021) was a Chinese [[agronomist]]. He was known for creating the first [[hybrid rice]] varieties in the 1970s. Yuan was born in [[Beijing]]. In 2004, he won the [[Wolf Prize|Wolf Prize in Agriculture]] and the [[World Food Prize]]. Yuan was a member of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] from 1983 until 2018. In 1995, he was elected as a member of the [[Chinese Academy of Engineering]]. For his achievement, Yuan received the 2011 [[Mahathir Science Award]] from former [[Prime Minister of Malaysia|Malaysian Prime Minister]] [[Mahathir Mohamad]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-01 |title=Yuan Longping gets Mahathir Science Award |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-02/01/content_14513723.htm |access-date= |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-29 |title=Father of hybrid rice honoured with Mahathir science award |url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2012/02/29/father-of-hybrid-rice-honoured-with-mahathir-science-award/ |access-date= |website=Borneo Post Online |language=en-US}}</ref> Yuan fell down at his research lab in [[Sanya]], China on March 10, 2021. On April 7, he was transferred to [[Changsha]], [[Hunan Province]] for treatment.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_12798943 |script-title=zh:袁隆平保健医生：袁老系在研究基地摔了一跤，正在医院治疗 |trans-title=Yuan Longping health care doctor: Mr. Yuan fell in the research base and is being treated in the hospital |script-work=zh:湖南红网 |trans-work = Hunan Red Network |access-date=2021-05-22|language=zh |archive-date=2021-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522070237/https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_12798943 |url-status=live }}</ref> Yuan died from [[multiple organ failure]] caused by his injuries a month later on May 22, aged 90.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ma |first=Josephine |date=22 May 2021 |title=China's ‘father of hybrid rice’ Yuan Longping dies at 90 |work=[[South China Mor