As of July 31, China has received 5,099 applications for plant variety and granted 1,746, according to the Office of the Protection for the New Varieties of Plants under the Ministry of Agriculture.

Chinese research institutes, companies and individuals filed 95% of all the applications.  The top four provinces, which combined a total of 35%, are Sichuan, Shandong, Henan and Jilin, all with least 400 applications.  The traditional field crops remain the No.1 type of variety, accounting for nearly 90%.  The top foreign user of the system is the Netherlands with nearly 100 applications.

(China IP News)