The meeting was hosted by Science and Technology Center of Ministry of Agriculture and organized by Northwest A&F University’s New Plant Variety Test (Yangling) Branch Center. Cross-strait new plant variety protection and test techniques were discussed during the meeting. Feasibility of including Taiwan excellent varieties of economic plants such as taxus chinensis, butterfly orchid, dragon fruit, durian, psidium guajave, carambola and oncidium etc. into Mainland’s New Plant Variety Protection List was specially discussed and researched. Attendees also reached an agreement on the formation of regular discussion mechanism of cross-strait new plant variety protection.

The meeting actively promoted the cross-strait new plant variety protection, variety evaluation and cross-strait science and technology cultural communication. The meeting decides to hold 2017 Cross-Strait New Plant Variety Protection Working Group Meeting in Taiwan.

Translated by: Zhao Rui
Proofread by: Yan Xianhui