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Applications for intellectual property protection on new plant varieties reach 10,000 in China


Beijing, China
November 21, 2012

Applications for New Plant Varieties hit 10,000 in China as of Nov.2nd, 2012. It means the goal set in the Outline of the National Intellectual Property Strategy in Agriculture is fulfilled three years ahead of the schedule. China ranks the second among the UPOV member states in terms of annual filings.

Counsel Shi Yanquan from MOA Department of Science, Technology & Education attended the celebration event marking the 10,000 applications for New Plant Varieties on Nov. 15th, 2012. In his speech, Shi stressed that the rapid growth in application number had benefited from the greater importance attached by the MOA leaders to agricultural intellectual property rights and continued support in breeding innovation. It also owe to the unremitting efforts of owners and breeders, as well as the implementation of the national outline of intellectual property strategy and the outline in agriculture.

Deputy Director-General Ma Shuping from MOA Bureau of Seed Management pointed out that China has made remarkable achievements in new variety protection since the promulgation of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of New Varieties of Plantsin 1999 and China's accession into UPOV. Over the past five years, applications for New Plant Varieties amounted to 5610, taking 56% of the total applications over years. 2477 were approved, representing 64% of the total 3880 applications.

The approved applications include a group of quality new varieties, inter alia Zhongdan 909, Jingke 968, and Nonghua 101 for corn, Y Liangyou No.1 and Xin Liangyou 6 for rice, Shimai 15 for wheat. These varieties will be a driving force for stable growth in grain production and farmer's income. 

But Ma also noted the other side of the coin in new variety application, such as great similarity among existing varieties and applied varieties, weak competitiveness in international market, few applications for high valued cash crops, conflict between review capacity and increasing number of applications, and lack of international perspective. Therefore it is urgent to take further measures and strengthen management.

Ma implied that following the principle of "adhering to science-based review, guaranteeing rights and interests, encouraging innovation and promoting the industry", China will act in the following aspects:

1. To improve regulations, encourage innovation in breeding and intensify cracking-down on violations in line with the changing situations.

2. To enhance research and services, expand the coverage for the protection of new varieties of plants, establish and perfect database for existing varieties,standard varieties and similar varieties so as to offer strong technical support for guaranteeing breeder's rights and interests.

3. To strengthen administrative law-enforcement,get tough on infringing acts and counterfeiting, improve the level of executing law and its efficiency, thus to enable fair and orderly competition.

4. To enhance advocacy and training, and increase awareness-raising involving all links of seed industryso as to make the plant variety right protection system the propeller for introducing quality varieties from abroad.




At the celebration event, Beijing Origin Seed Technology Inc., who submitted the 10,000th application to MOA was presented with a souvenir and a Receipt to its application of Aoyu 3801 by Director-General Duan Wude and Deputy Director-General Liu Ping both from the MOA Development Center of Science and Technology.



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Published: November 21, 2012

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