The oblainment of genetic resources is a core issue of the Biological Diversity Convention and an argument focus in the negotiations of the Convention between the developing countries and the developed countries. In this paper, according to Article 15 of the Convention and the present situation of the protection of genetic resources in China, some strategic measures are suggested for conserving and rationally using the resources. The measures include establishing legislations, policies and patent systems to deal with the problem of obtaining genetic resources; promoting further the collection, protection and scientific researches of domestic genetic resources; and obtaining as many as possible the genetic resources from international agricultural research institutions and other foreign countries through resource exchanges,study co operation projects and other approaches.