Seeds of Change: New Opportunities for Commercializing PVRs in China

October 02, 2002 | BY

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Organizing a predictable system for the development of agriculture is of pressing concern as China faces the new century. The legal environment is offering new chances for foreign plant breeders to commercialize their varieties in China.

By Dene Yeaman, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Hong Kong

The last few years have witnessed unprecedented progress in the development of China's legal framework for protection of plant variety rights. Chinese regulators have been focused on creating a legal environment conducive to fostering domestic investment and technological innovation in the development of China's agricultural sector. But there is also good news for foreign plant breeders and rights holders as regulatory developments are bringing China's system for the protection of plant varieties more in line with international norms and practices.

Plant Variety Regulations

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