Agricultural center needed
An agricultural IP (intellectual property) meeting was held by the Agricultural IP Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) on September 12 in Beijing to tackle problems such as the weak protection of China's agricultural patents and related technology innovations. Experts from the CAAS, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Renmin University of China, and officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Intellectual Property Office attended the meeting.
Shi Yanquan, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture, said China's agricultural patent applications have greatly increased in recent years and the proportion of invention patents has continuously risen as well. He added that the amount of annual applications for new varieties of agricultural plants ranks fourth among UPOV members.
However, regarding the development of agricultural intellectual property, China is facing many theoretical and practical problems. So it is necessary to establish a specific research center to solve those problems, Shi concluded.
(Source: China Daily)
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