Seed Law

Seed Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国种子法

[Current Text: Chinese, English]

(adopted July 8, 2000, effective Dec. 1, 2000; amended and effective Aug. 28, 2004; amended and effective Jun. 29, 2013; revised Nov. 4, 2015, effective Jan. 1, 2016; amended Dec. 24, 2021, effective Mar. 1, 2022)

• Status: Amendment passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
• Principal Drafter & Submitter: NPC Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: N/A
  • Annual: N/A
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd (final) round: December 2021 (Chinese | English › USPTO; USDA)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: August 2021 (Chinese, English)
• Legislative Records [Gazette 2022(1): 76, 91–95]
  • Explanation (Aug. 17, 2021)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (Dec. 20, 2021)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Dec. 24, 2021)
  • Presidential Order (Dec. 24, 2021)

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Enacts Legislation to Improve Plant Variety Protections, Curb Noise Pollution, Protect Wetlands & Strengthen Legislative Oversight of the Economy (Dec. 29, 2021)
• NPCSC Session Watch: Three-Child Policy, Data Privacy, Innovation Policy, Court Reform & New National Law in Hong Kong & Macau (July 28, 2021)