Top 10 seed brands, listed companies, integrating scientific research, production, processing, sales and service, are seed industry enterprises integrating breeding, breeding and promotion, focusing on hybrid rice/corn/vegetable/wheat seed products

Yuan Longping Agricultural High-tech Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Longping Hi-Tech") is a leading enterprise in China's seed industry named after Academician Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", and Academician Yuan Longping is the honorary chairman. As a high-tech modern seed industry group, the development direction of Longping Hi-Tech is highly consistent with the national development strategy of "heavy agriculture and solid foundation", the company takes "promoting the progress of the seed industry and benefiting the people of the world" as its mission, and takes "the world's excellent seed industry company, committed to providing customers with comprehensive agricultural service solutions" as its corporate vision, and is determined to work hard for the dream of the rise of China's national seed industry in the world.

The company was founded in 1999 by the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Academician Yuan Longping, etc., and was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2000 (stock code: 000998); In 2004, Changsha Xindaxin Group became the major shareholder, and the company entered the rapid development channel; In 2016, CITIC Group became the controlling shareholder, and the company became one of the national teams in the seed industry, opening a new era of development. At present, the company has grown into the "China Seed Industry Credit Star Enterprise" ranked first in the modern seed industry group, with total assets of 7.924 billion yuan, in 2016 the main business income of 2.299 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.50%, the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies of 501 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.05%.

The company is one of the first batch of seed industry enterprises in China with a complete scientific research, production, processing, sales and service system. With hybrid rice, corn, vegetables and wheat seed industries as the core and cotton, rape and other seed industries as extensions, the company has taken the lead in establishing a commercial breeding innovation system with enterprises as the main body and market as the guide in China, and the R&D and innovation capabilities and scale of major crops are at the leading level in China. At the same time, based on the concept of "making profits for farmers and benefiting eaters", the company continues to expand the agricultural service value chain, covering the training of new professional farmers, cultivated land restoration and development, seed industry Internet (Longshangtong, Grain Field), etc., and plans to integrate farmers, dealers and other agricultural materials, financial and other partners into the overall service "ecosystem" to create a comprehensive agricultural service platform.

Relying on the leading advantages of China's hybrid rice seed industry, the company has continuously promoted the international operation of the enterprise, and has established R&D institutions in the Philippines, Pakistan, India and other countries, set up overseas subsidiaries in the Philippines, India, Timor-Leste and other countries, and established trade relations with more than 40 countries and regions. At the same time, the company is striving to make "hybrid rice diplomacy" an international friendly business card, in 2009 by the Ministry of Commerce awarded the first "China Hybrid Rice Technology Foreign Aid Training Base", in 2016 by the Ministry of Commerce awarded the "foreign aid project implementation enterprise" qualification, becoming one of the five units in the country. So far, the company has trained more than 5,000 agricultural technical personnel for more than 60 developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and has undertaken more than 10 national foreign aid technical cooperation projects. Under the guidance of Academician Yuan Longping's spirit of "benefit", the company is striving to use China's modern agricultural technology to help other countries develop agricultural production and contribute to the development of world agriculture.