Statistics

China registers 82,000 software copyright protection applications

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-01-13 13:26

BEIJING - Applications for computer software copyright protection in China have almost quadrupled, from nearly 21,500 in 2006 to nearly 82,000 in 2010, the Copyright Protection Center of China said in a statement Wednesday.

The number of computer software applications for copyright protection saw an annual growth rate of 37 percent, on average, between 2006 and 2010, even as the total number of applications rose to 240,000 during this period, according to the center.

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Beijing topped the list in terms of the number of applications throughout this period. Last year, its applications increased to more than 24,900.

Beijing was followed by Guangdong province, a coastal economic hub, whose number of applications totaled more than 13,500.

Shanghai, Zhejiang province and Jiangsu province, all economic powerhouses along China's coast, came third, fourth and fifth, with 7,905, 6,398 and 6,092 applications, respectively.

Applications for computer game software were also behind a jump in registrations last year; applications from this business amounted to 2,643, up 37 percent from the previous year, according to the center.

In addition, computer games software applications from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong province accounted for 66 percent of total applications, it said.