Copyright Registrations Exceed 2 Million in 2016

2017/02/28

China received more than two million new copyright registrations in 2016, an increase of 22.33%, according to official figures revealed by the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) on February 21.
According to NCAC statistics, registrations hit 1 million for the first time in 2012, and totaled 1.64 million in 2015. New software copyright registrations in 2016 doubled from 2014 to 400,000. Accordingly, personnel specialized in registration work increased from 35,000 in 2011 to 116,000 in 2016.

Source: IPR in China