China: Plant Variety Protection Office Clarifies Sexual Propagation Material Submission Requirements

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CH2023-0064

On April 10, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) Plant Variety Protection Office published a notice “Further Clarifying the Submission Requirements for Sexual Propagation Materials,” related to plant variety rights. The notice provides detailed requirements related to sexual propagating material submissions seeking plant variety rights in the People’s Republic of China.

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