广东省农业科学院水稻研究所有悠久的历史，其前身为丁颖教授于1930年创立的原中山大学稻作试验场, 省属公益一类科研事业单位，也是国家水稻改良分中心。本所现有在职员工221人，其中事业编制人员120人（专业技术人员103人，正高级职称人员25人，副高级职称人员40人，博士69人），合同制人员101人。所总资产15624万元、固定资产7700多万。科研条件优良，建有国家种质广州野生稻圃、农业农村部华南优质稻遗传育种重点实验室（部省共建）、广东省水稻育种新技术重点实验室、广东省水稻工程实验室、广东省水稻种质资源库、广东省水稻科技创新中心等多个省部级平台;拥有办公室和实验室5500平方米，试验田517亩，温室600平方米；有人工气候箱群、气质联用仪、差式扫描量热仪、荧光定量等一批大型精密仪器设备。

       本所主要开展以水稻育种研究为中心的稻作科技创新，为广东乃至南方稻区的水稻生产提供强大的科技支撑，为维护粮食可持续安全不断作出新贡献。在从事水稻新品种（组合）选育研究的同时，开展水稻生物技术、稻种资源、耕作栽培、生理生态等相关研究；并参股投资组建了广东省金稻种业有限公司和广东华茂高科种业有限公司，从事水稻种子生产经营开发工作。

       本所至今科研成果获奖285项，其中国家级17项，省部级142项。获得授权专利83项，其中发明专利62件，获得授权的植物新品种权303项。通过省级以上审定的品种1558个（次），其中通过国家级审定356个（次）。育成在生产上累计种植1000万亩以上的品种41个。本所的品种和技术年覆盖率占全省水稻种植面积75%以上，成果转化率达90%以上，为水稻科技进步和生产发展、保障粮食安全作出重大贡献。

       由于在服务社会和自身建设等方面取得成绩显著，本所多次受到上级表彰。1995年被广东省人民政府评为“广东优秀研究开发机构”；2002年荣获“全国五一劳动奖状”；在第一届体现广东优势和特色公益型科研机构考核中取得第一名，被评为“优秀公益类型科研机构”；在“十五”全国农业科研机构综合科研能力评估中获全国总排名第4位、省排名第2位的佳绩。2011年再次荣获广东省委、省政府授予的“广东省文明单位”称号。

Introduction of The Rice Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GDRRI)

       The Rice Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GDRRI) has a long history and it dates back to the former Rice Research Station of Sun Yat-sen University established in 1930 by Prof. Ding Ying. GDRRI is a non-profit provincial scientific institution and the Guangzhou branch of China National Center for Rice Improvement.

        GDRRI has 221 employees among which 103 are professionals and technicians including 65 senior specialists and 69 PhD bearers. GDRRI has excellent research conditions with a set of platforms such as the National Wild Rice Germplasm Nursery (Guangzhou),  Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of High Quality Rice in Southern China (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Technology in Rice Breeding, Guangdong Provincial Rice Genetic Resource Center, and Provincial Rice Sci-Tech Innovation Center of Guangdong. In total, there are offices and labs covering an area of 5500 m², experimental field of 34.64 hectares and greenhouse of ca. 600 m². Furthermore, there are large-scale advanced instruments and equipment such as groups of growth chambers（Phytotron）,GC-MS, differential scanning calorimeter and Fluorescence quantitative PCR instrument.

      GDRRI is mainly engaged in rice sci-tech innovation with a focus on rice breeding to provide strong sci-tech support for rice production in Guangdong and southern China, as well as to continuously make new contribution for sustainable food security. Besides breeding, GDRRI also carries out studies on rice biotechnology, rice genetic resource, paddy rice cultivation, rice physiology and ecology. In addition, GDRRI has invested as a shareholder on Guangdong Golden Rice Seed Industry Co., Ltd and Guangdong Huamao High-Tech Seed Co.,     Ltd.

      Up to 2020, GDRRI has won 285 scientific awards, including 17 national awards and 142 awards at the provincial and ministerial level. It was authorized 83 patents (of which 62 are patents of invention) and 303 new plant variety rights. GDRRI has released 1558 varieties, among which 41 have been each planted with an accumulated area of over 660,000 hectares. At present, rice varieties and technologies of  GDRRI accounts for 75% of the ri ce production acreage in Guangdong, with over 90% of S&T achievements commercialized. Therefore, GDRRI has made significant contributions to both the progress of rice science and technology and the development of rice production and assurance of food security.

      Due to itstremendous achievements, GDRRI has been rewarded by the authorities for many times. It was named as “Excellent R&D institution of Guangdong” by Guangdong ProvincialGovernment in 1995 and received the “National May 1st Labor Merit Certificate” in 2002. It ranked the first position and was one of the “Excellent Non-Profit Research Institutions” in the first evaluation on non-profit institutions in Guangdong province. It ranked the 4th nationwide and the 2nd provincially in the comprehensive evaluation of research capacity of the agricultural institutions during the 10th Five-Year Plan (2001-2005). 

中共中央原政治局常委、时任广东省委书记

李长春(左2)来我所视察工作    

中共中央政治局常委、时任广东省委

书记张德江(中)来我所视察指导工作

                                  时任广东省省长黄华华(前排中）实地                                  

察看大丰水稻试验示范基地

全国政协副主席罗富和（左1）与时任广东

      副省长宋海(左2)来我所视察工作

广东省副省长邓海光(前排中)来我所视察工作

时任农业部党组成员、副部长李家洋（右1）

考察我所野生稻圃