A has developed a new hybrid rice variety. Can this variety be patented in China?

No!

Article 25 of the Patent Law does not grant patent rights for the following items:

(1) Scientific discoveries;

(2) Intellectual activities Rules and methods;

(3) Diagnosis and treatment methods of diseases;

(4) Animal and plant species;

(5) Nucleus transformation method Obtained substances;

(6) Designs made on the patterns, colors, or a combination of the two of flat printed materials that mainly serve as a mark.

Patent rights may be granted in accordance with the provisions of this Law for the production methods of the products listed in item (4) of the preceding paragraph.