Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Amending the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China
(adopted at the 13th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People’s Congress on February 26, 2010)
At its 13th meeting, the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People’s Congress decided to make the following amendments to the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China:
1. Article 4 is amended to read, “Copyright holders shall not violate the Constitution or laws or jeopardize public interests when exercising their copyright. The State shall supervise and administrate the publication and dissemination of works in accordance with the law.”
2. One Article is added as Article 26, which reads, “Where a copyright is pledged, both the pledger and pledgee shall undergo the formalities for registration with the copyright administration department under the State Council.”
This Decision shall go into effect as of April 1, 2010.
The Copyright Law of the Peopole’s Republic of China shall be re-promulgated after being amended in accordance with this Decision and the order of the articles readjusted accordingly
