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[02.Apr.08]
General - Increase in Chinese Applications
for New Varieties of Plants
Source: SIPO [Adapted]
Sources from the Ministry of Agriculture show that China
has made great progress in new plant variety protection
in recent years with the number of IPR applications
for new plants varieties increasing dramatically. By
the end of last year, the number reached 4,695, with
1,417 being granted. A total of 810 applications were
filed in 2007.
A new plant variety
means a cultivated plant variety, or a developed one
based on a discovered wild plant, which is new, distinct,
uniform and stable, and whose denomination is adequately
designated.
Ma Shuping, Deputy
Director of Planting Management Department under Ministry
of Agriculture, recently said at the promotion conference
of the 2008 China Seed Expo that in order to encourage
enterprises to research and develop new plant varieties,
China has been offering protection for new plant varieties
since 1997.
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