Third Amendment To China's Copyright Law

Xi Jinping, President of People's Republic of China, issued Presidential Decree No.55 on November 11, 2020, announcing The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China which was approved at the 23rd session of Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress.

This amendment is the third amendment made to the Copyright Law following the amendments in 2001 and 2010. The newly-amended Copyright Law will come into effect as of June 1, 2021. This article gives a full review of the changes in the law in four major aspects: copyright ownership, subject matters of copyright, copyright administrative body and copyright protection.