Yuan Youqing, the eldest granddaughter of Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", because it rained non-stop before she was born, but on the day of birth, it rained and the sky was clear, so Yuan Longping named her Yuan Youqing.
1. Yuan Youqing's family relationship
Grandfather: Yuan Longping
Yuan Longping (September 7, 1930 – May 22, 2021), a well-known agricultural scientist at home and abroad, was the pioneer and leader of China's hybrid rice industryHe is the winner of the "Medal of the Republic", the former vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the former director of the National Hybrid Rice Engineering Technology Research Center, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Grandmother: Deng Ze
Deng Ze, a student and wife of Academician Yuan Longping, had three sons after marriage, namely Yuan Dingan, Yuan Dingjiang, and Yuan Dingyang.
Father: Yuan Dingjiang
Yuan Dingjiang, born in 1968, holds a master's degree and is an economist. He is currently the vice chairman of Yuan Longping Agricultural High-tech Co., Ltd., a non-independent director, and the chairman of the Hunan Yuan Longping Agricultural Science and Technology Award Association.
2. Yuan Youqing's main learning experience
The first high school is in the International Department of Changjun Middle School
In high school, he studied in the International Department of Changsha Changjun Middle School.
The second section of the university is Colgate University in the United States
He studied at Colgate University in the United States.
Colgate University, founded in 1819, is one of the most prestigious private liberal arts colleges in the United States, whose core curriculum has been recognized by the Association of American Colleges as a model for liberal arts education in the 21st century. One of the Patriot League schools, New Ivy, is located in Hamilton, New York, and the school has a very beautiful campus and is known as one of the five most beautiful universities in the United States. The number of international student applicants from all over the world is about 2,000 each year, and about 200 are admitted, with an acceptance rate of about 10%.
3. Yuan Youqing participated in social activities
Yuan Youqing has loved environmental protection since she was a child, and has been consciously practicing a low-carbon life in her daily study and life, and actively participating in various environmental protection activities.
1. Start the "Xiangjiang Study" tour activity
In 2017, he started the journey of "studying in Xiangjiang".
2. Set up a "day study Xiangjiang" environmental protection public welfare team
In the summer of 2017, nine middle school students from Changsha No. 1 Middle School, Changjun Middle School and other schools, including Yuan Youqing, formed the "Day Study Xiangjiang" environmental protection public welfare team.
3. Participated in the 2017 Asia-Pacific Low Carbon Technology Summit Forum and won the Forum's Annual Special Contribution Award
On November 29th and 30th, 2017, the 2nd Asia-Pacific Low Carbon Technology Summit Forum was held in Changsha, Hunan Province.
4. Participate in the environmental protection public welfare activity of "Study in Xiangjiang Series of Activities".
On August 26, 2018, the "Study Tour to Yuanda City" jointly organized by the Hunan Provincial Creative Environmental Science and Technology Communication Center, the Provincial Environmental Protection Volunteer Service Federation and the Xiangjiang Environmental Protection Public Welfare Society was held in Changsha Yuanda City.
5. Participated in the exchange symposium of "Yuan Longping Dream Chasing Scholarship - Student Scholarship of Xinong Agricultural College".
On June 29, 2023, the "Yuan Longping Dream Chasing Scholarship - Student Scholarship of Xinong Agricultural College" exchange symposium was held in the College of Agronomy, Northwest A & F University, and Yuan Youqing participated in the symposium.