On March 23, 2022, the National Copyright Administration released the notification on national copyright registrations in 2021. According to statistics, the total number of copyright registrations nationwide reached 6,264,378 in 2021, up by 24.30% year-on-year.
According to the notification, in 2021, a total of 3,983,943 registrations of work copyrights were completed nationwide, up by 20.13% year-on-year; 2,280,063 registrations of computer software copyrights were completed, up by 32.34% year-on-year; 372 registrations of pledges of copyrights were completed, down by 3.13% year-on-year.
In terms of the types of works, the largest number of registrations was for art works, with 1,670,092 pieces, accounting for 41.92% of the total number of registrations; the second was for photographic works, with 1,553,318 pieces, accounting for 38.99% of the total number of registrations; the third was for written works, with 295,729 pieces, accounting for 7.42% of the total number of registrations; and the fourth was for film and television works, with 244,538 pieces, accounting for 6.14% of the total number of registrations.
From the perspective of registration regions, the computer software copyright registration regions are mainly distributed in eastern China, with about 1.44 million pieces, accounting for 63.1% of the total number of registrations. The provinces (municipalities) with more computer software copyright registrations are Guangdong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Beijing, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Shandong, Hubei, Fujian and Shaanxi in turn. Among them, Guangdong Province registered about 270,000 pieces of software copyrights, accounting for 11.8% of the total number of registrations.
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http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2022-03/23/content_5680923.htm