Activities held across China to celebrate Sea Rice Transplanting Day in memory of Yuan Longping

Photo taken on May 22, 2022 shows staff members carrying out artificial transplanting of sea rice at an experimental field of saline-alkali land rice improvement demonstration base in Chengyang, Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province.

To pay respect for Academician Yuan Longping, Qingdao Sea Rice Research and Development Center, where Academician Yuan once worked, has designated May 22 of each year as the Sea Rice Transplanting Day. Transplanting activities have been carried out on this day at experimental bases scattered in Shandong, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang and many more across the country. (Zhang Jingang/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on May 22, 2022 shows staff members replenishing the rice transplanter at an experimental field of saline-alkali land rice improvement demonstration base in Chengyang, Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province.

To pay respect for Academician Yuan Longping, Qingdao Sea Rice Research and Development Center, where Academician Yuan once worked, has designated May 22 of each year as the Sea Rice Transplanting Day. Transplanting activities have been carried out on this day at experimental bases scattered in Shandong, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang and many more across the country. (Zhang Jingang/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on May 22, 2022 shows citizens visiting the "Houtu Cloud Platform" of sea rice at an experimental field of saline-alkali land rice improvement demonstration base in Chengyang, Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province.

To pay respect for Academician Yuan Longping, Qingdao Sea Rice Research and Development Center, where Academician Yuan once worked, has designated May 22 of each year as the Sea Rice Transplanting Day. Transplanting activities have been carried out on this day at experimental bases scattered in Shandong, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang and many more across the country. (Zhang Jingang/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on May 22, 2022 shows young citizens trying out planting sea rice seedlings at an experimental field of saline-alkali land rice improvement demonstration base in Chengyang, Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province.

To pay respect for Academician Yuan Longping, Qingdao Sea Rice Research and Development Center, where Academician Yuan once worked, has designated May 22 of each year as the Sea Rice Transplanting Day. Transplanting activities have been carried out on this day at experimental bases scattered in Shandong, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang and many more across the country. (Zhang Jingang/Guangming Picture)