(July 14, 2003, the State forestry administration released 8th) Chapter I General provisions article I worked for specification of main forest tree varieties, fair, open, scientific and timely audited tree varieties, in accordance with the People's Republic of China Law on seeds (hereinafter referred to as the seeds Act) stipulates that these measures are formulated.
    Article in the major activities of the tree varieties, these measures shall apply.
    Main tree varieties in these measures in article refers shall be determined under the seeds Act 75th of major tree species, including variety, families and clones of seed orchards, provenance area of stands, seed production base and seed.
    Chapter tree variety Appraisal Committee of the fourth national tree variety Appraisal Committee undertake in appropriate ecological regions of tree varieties work; forest varieties in provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Committee (hereinafter referred to as the provincial tree variety Appraisal Committee) bear the appropriate ecological zones in other districts to promote tree varieties.
    Tree variety Appraisal Committee consists of research, teaching, production, promotion, administration and use of professionals.
    Professional Committee of the fifth tree variety Appraisal Committee, undertake specific varieties of trees. Tree variety Appraisal Committee of committees required by the validation tasks, you can hire temporary members.
    Temporary members shall not exceed the proportion of the Professional 30% of the total number of the members of the Committee.
    Sixth tree variety Appraisal Committee of the Secretariat's work by the forestry administration departments at seedling management agencies responsible for forest tree varieties the daily work of the Committee. Seventh tree varieties, Director of the Committee the Committee is responsible for the variety of trees organization and validation work.
    Chairman will be the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen, Secretary-General and Chairman of the Committee composition.
    Article eighth tree variety Appraisal Committee consists of specific approaches, the rights and obligations of members and other forest variety Appraisal Committee of the articles of Association.
    Third chapter application and accepted ninth article applicants can on meet following conditions of main forest varieties, to forest varieties validation Committee proposed validation application: (a) by regional test confirmed, in must regional within production Shang has high value, and characters excellent of varieties; (ii) excellent provenance district within of excellent forest points or seed production base production of seed; (three) has special value of provenance, and Home Department or clones Department; (four) introduction species domesticated success of species and excellent provenance, and Home Department and clones Department.
    Tenth in China there is no habitual residence or business premises of the foreigner, foreign enterprise or other foreign organization tree varieties in China shall entrust has legal personality of Chinese seed research, production, management agencies, and sign the power of attorney.
    11th administrative departments of people's Governments above the county level forestry seedling management institution for breeding is not clear, but the production has a high use value, excellent traits of forest tree species, may apply directly to the tree variety appraisal committee approval; of breeding does not apply for approval of forest species, according to the agreement signed with the screening of people, direct approval application to tree variety Appraisal Committee. 12th article applicants should to forest varieties validation Committee submitted following material: (a) main forest varieties validation application table; (ii) forest varieties breeding report, content should including: varieties of parent source and the characteristics, and breeding process, and regional test scale and results, and main technology index, and economic index, and varieties characteristics, and breeding cultivation technology points, and main defects, and main uses, and anti-sex, and suitable planting range,, while proposed developed of varieties name (to quality, and special value, as main declared reason of,
    Should make details for quality, special use value); (c) the characteristics of forest tree species (leaves, stems, roots, flowers, fruits, seeds, whole plants, test stands) of image data or maps.
    Applications for approval of forest tree species has passed appraisal of technology achievement, or the granting of rights to new plant varieties, shall be attached to the appropriate copy of the certificate.
    Application for approval of forest tree species has passed the provincial examination and apply for State-level validation, should also be attached to the provincial forest variety Appraisal Committee finalized copy of the certificate.
    Agency agent application of tree varieties, shall be attached to the Agency and the client to sign a power of attorney.
    13th the applicant shall, before March 1 of each year, approved application to tree variety Appraisal Committee; after March 1 approval application, not included in the scope of this year's audited.
    14th tree variety Appraisal Committee upon receipt of the application, the applicants submitted application materials should be reviewed, and making admissibility decisions in the 15th.
    To comply with the conditions specified in article 12th, should be dismissed, and notify the applicant does not comply with the conditions specified in article 12th, inadmissible, and notify the applicant and the State to reject the complaint on the grounds, or require an applicant to modify the supplementary application materials.
    15th tree varieties should be audited, while application approval can apply for the confirmation.
    The fourth chapter approved and announced the 16th tree varieties this year's validation Committee should be completed during the year.
    17th tree varieties perform national, trade and local standards; no standards, should implement the administrative departments of the people's Governments above provincial level forest-related technical standards.
    18th tree varieties the Committee accepts the application for validation, carried out by the Committee of the first instance.
    Professional members of the Committee participating in the trial should be singular, tree variety appraisal committee which countries participate in the approval of members of the Committee shall be not less than 9 people, provincial forest variety Appraisal Committee to participate in validation of professional members of the Committee shall be not less than 5 persons.
    Preliminary results by secret ballot vote, adopted by a majority vote.
    19th tree varieties can be based on validation of the Committee need to investigate tree breeding site or require the applicant to introduce the situation.
    20th tree varieties shall practise avoidance system.
    Applicants or interested parties agree that the validated members might affect the audited results fair, you can avoid application to tree variety Appraisal Committee; members interested in participating in the validation, should apply the withdrawal.
    21st tree variety Appraisal Committee of the Committee for the applicants, validation of their applications for varieties, shall voluntarily withdraw; is not avoided, through validation of the results.
    Avoidance by professional Committee member, Chairman of the Council decision tree varieties Commission withdrawal of the members of the Committee by the Director of Committee decision; Director of avoidance by the Chairman of the meeting, Chairman of the Council decision.
    22nd through validation of tree varieties in the first instance, it shall submit the variety of trees characteristics, cultivation techniques and suitable ecological regions; first instance through accreditation of forest tree species, term of validity should also tree species.
    23rd Committee should be based on the trial results, Commission the view to tree variety Appraisal Committee preliminary review opinions, Director of the Commission's decision.
    Trees should be audited by the validation does not pass, applicants applying for accreditation, the forest variety Appraisal Committee reported to the forestry administrative departments at the same level for examination and consent, be identified.
    The same tree varieties are found only once.
    24th tree variety Appraisal Committee should be on trial (known) uniform named, numbered by tree species, improved varieties of forest tree certificates issued, and reported to the forestry administration departments at announcement.
    Main contents of the bulletin include: name, species, the scientific name, type, tree species numbers, properties, suitable for promotion of eco-regions, cultivation techniques and the main application; identified by tree species in term of validity shall also publish the tree species.
    25th provincial forest variety Appraisal Committee (recognition) by tree species, should be reported after the 30th national tree variety Appraisal Committee for the record.
    Article 26th tree variety Appraisal Committee of the (known) failed tree varieties, shall notify the applicant disagrees with the applicant may within 90 days after receiving the notice to the original tree variety Appraisal Committee or national tree varieties applied for a review of the Committee.
    27th tree varieties applied for a review of the Committee shall, within one year after receipt of the application for review, in accordance with this approach on trial (known) will review provisions.
    Review has not yet passed, the forest variety Appraisal Committee not to conduct a second review.
    28th (recognition) by tree species used in the process of discovery does not have the conditions of tree species, the relevant interested or competent administrative departments of people's Governments above the county level forestry seedling management agencies can be made to cancel the tree species eligible proposals, the trial (known) I set the forest variety Appraisal Committee in accordance with regulations relating to forest tree varieties in these measures.
    Article 29th through varieties of trees, after the expiry of the term of validity in the improved varieties of forest tree, tree seed qualification expire automatically and no further promotion, as a tree seed management, but can apply for approval.
    Fifth chapter forest seed of name and number 30th article forest seed of number by forest varieties validation Committee referred to, and validation or finds logo, and forest seed category code, and species code, and forest seed order number and trial (recognize) set year, six part composition: (a) forest varieties validation Committee referred to: national forest varieties validation Committee referred to for "country"; provincial forest varieties validation Committee referred to for the province, and autonomous regions, and municipalities of referred to.
    (B) audited or found signs: s is for registered, r is identified by.
    (C) tree species in category code represented by initials, are as follows: introduction and domestication of ETS; provenance SP; fine family SF; superior clone SC fine varieties of SV; parent SS; seedling seed Orchard of SSO and CSO of clonal seed orchard.
    Seed orchard with parentheses after code hydroxypropoxy breeding of algebra, such as (1) for the generation of seed orchards, (1.5) for the generation of improved seed Park, in turn, and so on.
    (D) the species code: consists of a species name, a species of the genus name (Latin name), the first letter, repeat with the other trees, add second and subsequent letters of the species name to distinguish it.
    (E) improved varieties of forest tree order number: formed by three digits.
    (F) the trial (known) year: made up of four digits. 31st tree species the names put forward by the applicant, the forest variety Appraisal Committee (recognition) will be confirmed after the adoption.
    Improved varieties of forest tree name must not contain the fast-growing, high quality, high yield, the words or other implied tree varieties of fast-growing, high quality, high yield and resistance, such as description or other exaggerated sexual words.
    Sixth chapter supplementary articles article 32nd forest tree breeding in these measures include introduction and domestication; regional trials including production and acclimatization.
    Article 33rd the format of main forest tree varieties of applications formulated by the State Forestry Administration, state forestry administration and the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities respectively published by the Administrative Department of forestry.
              34th article of the rules take effect on September 1, 2003.