Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Co., Ltd.("Longping High-Tech" for short, stock code 000998)is a listed company mainly co-sponsored by HunanAcademy of Agricultural Sciences, Hunan DongfangAgricultural Industrial Co., Ltd., Changsha Institute ofAgricultural Modernization of Chinese Academy ofSciences, Hunan Chenzhou Municipal SeedsCompany, and Yuan Longping (Natural Person) onJune 30, 1999, and is certified as a high-techenterprise by Chinese Academy of Sciences and the