China sees growing copyright registrations in 2019

More than 4.1 million copyright registrations were made in China in 2019, 21 percent higher than the previous year, the country's National Copyright Administration said Wednesday.

Data from copyright administrative organs across the country showed that nearly 1.3 million copyright registrations for fine arts were made, with 1 million for photography works, about 179,000 for literary works and 88,000 for film and television works.

Nearly 1.5 million registrations for computer software copyrights were made during the past year, up 34 percent from 2018, the administration said.