Protection of geographical indication intellectual property of tea in Guangdong Province.

As to tea resources in Guangdong Province at present, there are 4 kinds of national geographical indication products, 2 national geographical indication trademarks, and 1 kind of national geographical indication of agricultural products. We conduct a analysis on the current protection of geographical indication intellectual property of tea in Guangdong Province, and put forth the following countermeasures: (i) Conducting indepth study of geographical indication characteristics of famous tea; (ii) Exploiting and arranging the intangible cultural heritage of tea; (iii) Focusing on the protection pattern of geographical indication products established by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine; (iv) Taking full advantage of special mark of geographical indication.