Research On The Influence Of Geographical Indications On China’s Agricultural Products Export Trade

With the continuous deepening of globalization and marketization,the forms of international trade are complex and ever-changing,and the development of China’s agricultural product trade faces many unprecedented challenges.At present,China’s agricultural product export trade has shifted from pursuing growth rate to pursuing high-quality development.Geographical indications,as an important means of developing high-quality agriculture and promoting high-quality development of agricultural product trade,play a positive role in promoting practical issues such as agricultural supply side reform,increasing farmers’ income,and promoting rural revitalization.In 2020,the signing of international agreements such as the "Agreement on the Protection and Cooperation of Geographical Indications between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the European Union" and the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" marked a new stage of intellectual property protection in China,which put forward new requirements for the development of geographical indications in China.The integration of the geographical indication system with international standards has become an irreversible trend.Therefore,this article attempts to link geographical indications with agricultural product export trade,explore the role of geographical indications in agricultural product export trade,promote the development of geographical indication resources,explore the economic benefits brought by geographical indications,broaden ideas for the promotion of China’s agricultural products in the international market,and enhance China’s discourse power in the protection of intellectual property rights in agricultural products.At present,there is still a significant gap in the development of geographical indications in China compared to developed countries.The existence of many problems such as overlapping registration in multiple departments has not fully played a positive role in promoting agricultural product export trade.Therefore,it is very important to clarify the development of geographical indications in China and the current situation of agricultural product export trade,and analyze the mechanism of the role of geographical indications in agricultural product export trade.Based on the above issues,this article attempts to use geographical indications and agricultural product export trade data from 2005 to 2020 to construct an econometric model and conduct mechanism testing.The empirical results indicate that geographical indications have a significant positive promoting effect on China’s agricultural product export trade,and geographical indications promote the development of agricultural product export trade by promoting agricultural industry agglomeration and improving the quality and reputation of agricultural products.From different regions,geographical indications have a significant promoting effect on agricultural product export trade in the central and western regions,but have no significant promoting effect on the eastern region.In terms of product types,geographical indications can significantly promote the export trade development of fruits,vegetables and so on.Based on empirical conclusions,this article proposes the following suggestions: attach importance to the agglomeration development of geographical indication industries and promote the development of agricultural product trade in the central and western regions;Improve the quality of geographical indication agricultural products and develop characteristic agriculture;Coordinate the supervision system of geographical indications and strengthen legal supervision;Strengthen the promotion of geographical indications,enhance international influence,leverage their role in promoting agricultural product export trade,and promote the high-quality development of China’s agricultural product export trade.