Professor from Northwest A&F University goes into the wheat field despite illness
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The nurse asks about Teacher Wang Hui's physical condition and urges him to rest.
??? People's Daily Online, Beijing, June 8 (Reporter Jiang Jianke) It is the summer harvest season, and a set of photos of Professor Wang Hui from Northwest A&F University going into the wheat field despite illness has gone viral on WeChat Moments! Students and friends all reminded Teacher Wang to take care of his health, and at the same time were moved by Teacher Wang's dedication to work, giving likes one after another: Agricultural science and technology innovation needs more people like Wang Hui!
??? Wang Hui is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at Northwest A&F University, chief scientist of the Shaanxi Province Wheat Industry System, and chief expert in wheat breeding in Shaanxi Province. He has achieved important innovative results in research on the theories and methods of wheat breeding and genetic breeding. Over more than 40 years, he has bred 11 improved wheat varieties, with a cumulative promotion area of more than 50 million mu. Earlier this year, Professor Wang Hui's touching deeds were reported in a concentrated manner by major central media outlets, producing a huge social response.
??? Since wheat hybridization began in mid-April, Professor Wang Hui has persisted in making records in the experimental field every day, or going to the Huang-Huai wheat region (Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shaanxi) to inspect wheat. On the afternoon of May 26, while making records in the experimental field, he accidentally caught a chill and developed a fever. An upper respiratory tract infection then caused pneumonia, and that evening he was admitted to Yangling Demonstration Zone Hospital for treatment.
??? But he could never set aside his breeding career and the experimental materials in the experimental field. When his condition improved slightly, he immediately asked the hospital for leave to go to the field and lead the project team members in the final selection of breeding progeny materials. Final selection is the most important step in breeding. It means conducting a comprehensive evaluation of all progeny materials before harvest. All project team members must participate together. Each project team member expresses his or her own views and opinions on each progeny material, and finally it is decided whether to harvest that material. Since he began working, Professor Wang Hui has never once missed a field final selection. The hospital was impressed by his dedication to work and persistence in his career. After the attending doctor consulted with experts in a joint diagnosis, Teacher Wang was allowed to go to the experimental field, but the time in the field must not exceed 3 hours, and he must rest more. To guard against any mishap, the hospital specially sent a nurse to accompany him throughout the entire time in the field.
??? After learning this information, Yangling TV and the university's publicity department sent reporters to conduct on-site interviews. Professor Wang Hui's assistant Feng Yi took several photos in the field with his own mobile phone and posted them on WeChat Moments after returning home in the evening. Friends titled this set of photos "3 Hours in the Wheat Field."