China is a major consumer of soybeans, yet breeding new soybean varieties is as delicate and challenging as intricate embroidery. In Heilongjiang Province, an expert has devoted himself to the fields for three decades, with a single goal: to develop better soybean varieties for China. Today, let us step into Hu Xiping’s experimental fields and uncover the perseverance behind the saying, “It is easy to breed wheat varieties suitable for a 500-kilometer farmland belt, but difficult to develop soybean varieties adapted to a 50-kilometer belt.”
