Yuan Longping (1st L) receives the 2011 Mahathir Science Award for his contribution in developing hybrid rice from Malaysian former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (1st R) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 31, 2012. Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that pulled countless people out of hunger, died of illness at 91 on Saturday. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)
