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Filling China's bowls with China's grain: Li Zhensheng's journey toward self−reliance in agricultural science and technology
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Wenjing GAO1, Yifang WANG1, Lingyun MENG1, *, Chuanchao WANG2
Science & Technology Review | 2025, 43(20) : 136 - 140
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Science & Technology Review | 2025, 43(20): 136-140
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Filling China's bowls with China's grain: Li Zhensheng's journey toward self−reliance in agricultural science and technology
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Wenjing GAO1, Yifang WANG1, Lingyun MENG1, *, Chuanchao WANG2
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  • 1National Communication Center For Science and Technology, CAST, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2The Institute of Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing100083, China
Published: 2025-10-28 doi: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2025.07.00124
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Li Zhensheng is a renowned wheat geneticist and breeder in China, an expert in agricultural development strategy, and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This article systematically reviews Li Zhensheng's academic development, traces his scholarly contributions and scientific ethos, and endeavours to chart the path of agricultural science and technology self-reliance he forged as a strategic scientist. Li Zhensheng's scientific career not only encapsulates the Chinese nation's journey from "building the nation based on agriculture" to "empowering agriculture through science and technology," but also stands as a vivid embodiment of the spirit of scientists. Having experienced famine in his youth, he resolved to ensure the Chinese people had enough to eat, and transformed the traditional concept that "agriculture is the bedrock of the nation" into scientific research motivation. By applying chromosome engineering breeding techniques innovatively, he overcame the global challenge of distant hybridization, shortening the breeding cycle from decades to three years, which laid the foundation for China's self-reliance in seed science and technology. He dedicated himself to leading young scientists in "conducting research in the fields," making the "Coastal Grass Belt Initiative" which was undertaken by his team became a case in point for saline-alkali land remediation. Carrying forward and promoting the noble spirit of the older generation of scientists, exemplified by Li Zhensheng, could inspire a new generation of scientific and technological workers to persevere in their endeavours and strive for excellence, thereby injecting powerful spiritual momentum into the development of innovation-oriented country.

Li Zhensheng  /  Xiaoyan wheat  /  nullisomic backcrossing  /  The Huang−Huai−Hai scientific campaign for agricultural transformation
Wenjing GAO, Yifang WANG, Lingyun MENG, Chuanchao WANG. Filling China's bowls with China's grain: Li Zhensheng's journey toward self−reliance in agricultural science and technology[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2025 , 43 (20) : 136 -140 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2025.07.00124
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doi: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2025.07.00124
  • Receive Date:2025-07-29
  • Online Date:2025-12-29
  • Published:2025-10-28
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  • Received:2025-07-29
  • Revised:2025-09-16
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    1National Communication Center For Science and Technology, CAST, Beijing 100101, China
    2The Institute of Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing100083, China
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)

Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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