An Investigation Report On The Protection Of "Qingjian Red Date" As A Geographical Indication In Shaanxi Province

"Qingjian Chinese Date" in Shaanxi is a precious gift for the Loess Plateau, a barren soil located in the North of Shaanxi. Due to its unique quality and human culture,"Qingjian Chinese Date" becomes a product of geographical indication and then it is successfully registered as a geographical indication and certification mark. As a consequence, by a study on the protection status of "Qingjian Chinese Date", has important instruction significance for researching geographical indication issues of agricultural products in china and putting forward targeted and practical advice.By further investigating the protection status of "Qingjian Chinese Date" as product of geographic indication and the problem thereof, not only we found a lot of issues of the protection of "Qingjian Chinese Date" as geographic indication, but also we analysis this issues. As the GI protection "Qingjian Chinese dates" has extension of the protection of patents and trademarks. There is a legal system is not perfect, law enforcement system confusion, lack of integrated protection, the lack of effective management. Therefore, farmers should enhance the concept of protection of geographical indications, while improving the legal system of protection of geographical indications of agricultural products, the establishment of an effective management system.