The protection of new varieties of  plants, also known as “‘plant breeders’ rights”, refers to exclusive monopoly  rights granted to the breeder of a new plant variety that give the breeder the  right to exclude others by utilizing the variety thereof.  It is a form of  intellectual property right, and like patent, copyright, trademark and industrial  external-design right, is an important component of the protection for  intellectual property right.  In our country, the Ministry of Agriculture  and the State Forestry Administration are responsible for the examination and  granting of new varieties of agricultural plants and new varieties of forestry  plants, respectively.