On the morning of the 14th, representatives of African countries participating in the second China Africa Agricultural Cooperation Forum visited Sanya Rice National Park. In front of the bronze statue of Yuan Longping, foreign guests planted hybrid rice seedlings in memory of this "father of hybrid rice". Entering the display field of new hybrid rice varieties, foreign guests picked up golden and plump rice ears to carefully observe, and also watched new technologies such as mechanized seedling transplanting and drone seeding on site. For many of them, hybrid rice is not unfamiliar, and many varieties cultivated in China have brought years of bumper harvests to farmers in their country. This is the opening ceremony of the 2nd China Africa Agricultural Cooperation Forum, which was filmed on November 14th. Four years ago, when attending the first China Africa Agricultural Cooperation Forum in Sanya, Yuan Longping, a journalist from Xinhua News Agency, expressed his hope that hybrid rice would develop in various African countries and solve food security issues in Africa. Now, on the vast land of Africa, his wish is gradually being realized: with the efforts of numerous Chinese agricultural research institutions and agricultural enterprises, more than 20 African countries have planted Chinese hybrid rice. Jin Ke, Director of the International Cooperation Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, introduced that in cooperation with the Gates Foundation, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has distributed over 1000 green super rice materials to 9 African countries, with a cumulative promotion area of 57000 hectares, which is more than 20% higher than local varieties. In Burkina Faso, in the past, the yield of rice per hectare was usually only two to three tons, reaching a high level of 5 tons. After introducing hybrid rice from China, the yield per hectare can reach over 10 tons. Meanwhile, the introduced dwarf rice varieties have shorter growth cycles, better taste, and stronger disease resistance. Burkina Faso's Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Animal and Fishery Resources, Gausu Sanu, said that in the past, the country had to spend over $16 million annually on importing rice. After the introduction of hybrid rice from China, the grain yield has significantly increased, and the "zero import" of rice has been basically achieved. The saved money can be used for other livelihood improvement projects, and all people can benefit from it, "he said. On November 14th, guests attending the China Africa Agricultural Cooperation Forum co planted the China Africa Friendship Forest in Damao Village, Jiyang District, Sanya City, Hainan Province. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Guanyu took a photo of a group of efficient cultivation technologies accelerating their dissemination to Africa around hybrid rice. In recent years, Professor Li Ganghua from Nanjing Agricultural University has traveled between China and Africa several times, allowing technologies such as "precise quantitative cultivation of rice" to take root in Africa. He was pleased that the rice yield in some parts of Mozambique has now reached 600 kilograms per acre, more than three times higher than before. I hope to spread China's advanced agricultural technology and development concepts, help African countries develop modern agriculture, train local agricultural technicians, and let Chinese rice technology take root in Africa, "said Li Ganghua. More innovative and breakthrough varieties are also accelerating their landing in Africa. Like leeks, the Hu Fengyi team at Yunnan University successfully cultivated and commercialized perennial rice varieties by crossing between perennial wild species and annual cultivated species. During the second China Africa Agricultural Cooperation Forum, he introduced the latest developments in the "rooting" of perennial rice in Africa