This Circular is issued to strengthen the management of biological genetic resources and promote benefit sharing in foreign cooperation and exchanges. When providing biological genetic resources to foreign parties, the source, research purpose, application prospects and other information of the biological genetic resources should be disclosed in the project contract, and arrangements for intellectual property rights sharing, technology transfer and other benefit sharing that reflect national interests should be strengthened, and restrictions on transfer to third parties and benefit sharing requirements should be clarified. Carrying and delivering rare, endangered, unique, potentially new species and variants, or valuable biological genetic resources out of the country should comply with relevant national laws and obtain approval from relevant regulatory authorities. Relevant competant authorities should regularly copy relevant information to the environmental protection regulatory authorities. Each unit should establish a registration and verification system for providing biological genetic resources to foreign parties.
China · 2014-10-28