On October 14, 2026, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released five Typical Cases of Plant Variety Protection by People’s Courts, timed to coincide with National Food Security Publicity Week (2026年全国粮食安全宣传周人民法院植物新品种保护典型案例). Typical cases are not binding precedent, but are curated and published by the SPC to illustrate how it wants a given area of law approached, signaling substantive and procedural standards to lower courts, litigants, and the public.