Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the protection of new varieties of plants. Country/Territory China Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Cultivated plants Keyword Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Authorization/permit Offences/penalties Intellectual property rights/patents Plant production Plant variety Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes These Regulations entered into force on 1 October 1997. Abstract These Regulations aim at protecting the rights in new varieties of plants, encouraging the breeding and use of new varieties of plants, and promoting the development of agriculture and forestry. The "new variety of plant" referred to in these Regulations, means a cultivated variety, or a developed one based on a discovered wild plant, which possesses novelty, distinctness, uniformity and stability, and which is designated by an adequate denomination" (art. 2). The receipt and examination of application for rights in new varieties of plants and the granting of variety rights are entrusted to the administrative departments of agriculture and forestry under the State Council. Further provisions establish the content and ownership of variety rights, the conditions for the grant of, and the application for, variety rights, the examination, approval, term, termination and nullity of variety rights. Full text English Website www.lawinfochina.com References - Legislation Implemented by Rules for the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Forestry Part). Legislation | China | 1997 Keyword: Plant production, Plant variety, Intellectual property rights/patents Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implementing Rules for the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Agriculture Part). Legislation | China | 1999 Keyword: Plant production, Plant variety, Intellectual property rights/patents, Agricultural commodities, Agricultural development, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Certification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Directory of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Agriculture Part) (IX). Legislation | China | 2013 Keyword: Plant protection, Plant variety, Intellectual property rights/patents Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulations of the Ministry of Agriculture on the Work of the Reexamination Board for New Varieties of Plants. Legislation | China | 2001 Keyword: Intellectual property rights/patents, Authorization/permit, Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Decision of the State Council on Amending the Regulation of the People's Republic of China on Protection of New Varieties of Plants (2013). Legislation | China | 2013 Keyword: Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Offences/penalties, Intellectual property rights/patents, Plant production, Plant variety Source: FAO, FAOLEX