Most university students would like to stick to journals or do research in labs. However, Xue Lingzhan, from east China’s Fujian Province, stepped off campus and has been stationed in a breeding farm for around six years to research the incubation of fish. /VCG Photo

“The average incubation for freshwater fish doesn’t apply in mountainous areas because it occupies space and costs a lot,” Xue said, adding that the output, therefore, is grossly affected. /VCG Photo

Over the past six years, Xue has been busy selecting appropriate materials for incubators and testing them by trial and error. His efforts paid off with the successful launch of incubators and captive breeding of fish in mountainous areas./VCG Photo

His inventions helped the breeding farm save 96 percent of water and increase the number of offspring of freshwater fish to 200 million from 2 million. The technology he developed has been brought to eight cities across the country. /VCG Photo

“What I did is put theory into practice,” said Xue. /VCG Photo