The Ministry of Agriculture and the State Forestry Administration under the State Council are jointly responsible for the receiving and examination of applications for the rights of new varieties of plants, and for the granting of rights of new varieties of plants.
According to the agreed division of responsibilities, the Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the receiving and examining of applications for new variety rights of grains, cotton, oil, hemp, mulberries, tea, sugar, vegetables, edible fungi, tobacco, fruit trees (juicy fruit trees), herbaceous medicinal materials, herbaceous ornamental plants, grass, rubber and green manure. The State Forestry Administration is authorized to receive and examine applications for new variety rights of forest trees, bamboo, xyloid vine, ornamental woody plants, fruit trees dry fruit trees, woody oil - bearing , beverage plants, condiment plants, and woody medicinal materials.
