Yuan Longping, a renowned Chinese developer of hybrid rice, checks rice growth in Jinjing Township of Changsha County, Central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 16, 2017. Xia Xinjie, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA), led a team to develop the rice after more than ten years of research. With an average height of more than 1.8 meters, the yield of the 'giant' rice is expected to surpass 11.5 tonnes per ha, 15 to 20 percent more than ordinary rice, according to the ISA. (Photo: China News Service/Xu Zhixiong)
