The number of authorized new forestry plant varieties has reached 1,198

According to the latest data recently released by the State Forestry Administration, by the end of 2016, the number of authorized new forestry plant varieties in China had reached 1,198.

According to reports, in recent years, China's forestry intellectual property work has been further strengthened. The State Forestry Administration, focusing on implementing the National Intellectual Property Strategy Action Plan and building an intellectual property power, fully implemented the "Guiding Opinions of the State Forestry Administration on the Implementation of the Outline of the National Intellectual Property Strategy" and the "National Forestry Intellectual Property Development Plan (2013-2020)", and starting with the organization and implementation of the "2016 Forestry Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Building of an Intellectual Property Power", made every effort to advance forestry intellectual property work, effectively improved the level of creation, application, protection and management of forestry intellectual property, and achieved remarkable results, accelerating the transformation of the forestry development model and enhancing the core competitiveness of forestry. In 2016, the State Forestry Administration issued the "List of Protected Plant Varieties of the People's Republic of China (Forestry Part) (Sixth Batch)", and the cumulative list of protected new forestry plant varieties reached 206 genera (species).

It is understood that, along with the implementation of a series of policy measures, China's capacity for independent innovation in forestry has been continuously enhanced, and the number of new forestry plant variety rights and related intellectual property rights has grown steadily, with quality improving markedly. In 2016, the State Forestry Administration accepted a total of 400 applications for plant variety rights from home and abroad, and granted 195 plant variety rights. By the end of 2016, the cumulative number of applications for new forestry plant varieties accepted in China had reached 2,188; the cumulative number of geographical indications for forest products had reached 827; and the cumulative number of registered forestry software copyrights had reached 5,231.