The Progress of Chinese Legal Protection in Genetic Resources

摘要

The Chinese legal protection and its development in genetic resources are subject to this paper. Since China is one of the countries with rich genetic resources, it is important to apply current legal systems and enact laws or regulations for the protection of intellectual property right in the field of genetic resources. This paper describes the present situation of the Chinese law system including laws and regulations issued by the State Council, Government Office and local governments on protection of intellectual property right in genetic resources and other suggestions being made. At the same time, this paper also discusses the trend of relevant laws and regulations of protection on Chinese genetic resources.