The number of applications for new plant varieties has risen in China over the past seven years, with the country becoming the largest destination of NPV filings in the world for two consecutive years.
Chinese authorities received 4,351 NPV applications in 2019, compared to 1,465 in 2013.
From 1999 to the end of October this year, the total number of NPV filings in China stood at 33,673 and 13,389 of them were approved.
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