The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) of China announced the annual list of agricultural dominant varieties and technologies to local agricultural department with the objective of strengthen the agricultural science and technology promotion and to guide farmers on better way of choosing good varieties and advanced technologies to be applied. Thirty rice varieties including Zhongjiazao 17, Zhongzao 39, Nei5you 8015, Zhongzheyou 1, Tianyouhuazhan and Nei2you 111 were selected in 2014. The six varieties selected were bred by China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS). Five varieties among these were also super rice varieties defined by MOA.


Zhongjiazao 17 and Zhongzao 39, are two early-season inbred rice varieties registered in 2009 and 2012 respectively by National Rice Variety Approval Committee (NRVAC) and defined as super rice variety in 2010 and 2013. They have been extended to fit in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River Region (MLRYRR) in the following provinces; Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Anhui. The highest yield of two varieties can reach up to 10.6 ton/ha according to past yield-demonstration trails and were higher than 2-3 ton/ha compared to general early-season inbred varieties. The extension area of Zhongjiazao 17 was 334 thousand ha in 2013 and became the second annual application area of conventional rice varieties in the southern China.

Nei5you8015, a high-quality single-season hybrid rice, was registered in 2010 by NRVAC and defined as super rice variety in 2013. The average yield reached to 11.8 ton/ha in Kaihua county, Zhejiang province in 2103 through yield demonstration trail. This variety has been extended in MLRYRR, Jiangsu, Fujian, and Henan provinces.

Zhongzheyou 1, a high-quality three-line hybrid rice variety, was registered by Rice Variety Approval Committee of seven southern provinces during 2004-2010 and defined as super rice variety in 2006. The main grain quality characters reached to top level of the national rice quality standard. It has been extended in Yangtze River Region grew as single-season rice variety.

Tianyouhuazhan, widely adapted in southern China, was registered by NRVAC and Rice Variety Approval Committee of multi-provinces in 2008-2012 and defined as super rice variety in 2013. Now it has been extended in sixteen southern provinces in China.