The Primary Research On The Protection Of Plant New Varieties In China's Agriculture

According to Intellectual property theory and features of activity Protection of new Varieties of Plant in agriculture, the essay introduced the development on the protection of new varieties of plants against background at home and abroad. After illustrating the above development, it discussed the main achievements we have made since the implementation of "Regulation of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants" (hereinafter referred to as Regulation) five years ago. One example is that some scientific research organizations and enterprises emerged in the field of breeding after the implementation of the regulation. In order to illustrate the developing trend on the protection of new varieties of plants, such as international cooperative DUS testing for new varieties, the essay gave a detailed introduction on the practice in USA, Japan, Netherlands and Germany, especially their advanced management skills. Take annual fee for example, these countries allowed the applicant to pay a very low application fee at first, then raise the annual fee step by step in the following years.The essay made several case studies in Jilin Province Agriculture Academy of Sciences, Shandong Denghai planting stock company and Sichuan Province and sum up the advanced management experiences on Protection of New Varieties of Plants. It also raised questions and challenge we are facing by contrasting the development of our country with that of developed countries. For example, some multinational corporations are grabing market share in domestic and overseas by filing application of Protection of New Varieties of Plants, hi the end, it concluded that China must learn the advanced practice from other countries to enhance its protection on New Varieties Plants.