Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with a delegation reporting the deeds of plant pathologist Zhu Youyong at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 30, 2019. Zhu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and honorary president of Yunnan Agricultural University in southwest China, was bestowed the title of "role model of the times," in recognition of his contributions both in science and poverty reduction. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)