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中国人民共和国著作权法实施条例——英文版

Regulations for the Implementation of the Copyright Law of the People's

Republic of China

(Promulgated by Decree No. 359 of the State Council of the People's Republic

of China on August 2, 2002, and effective as of September 15, 2002)

Article 1These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Copyright

Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "the Copyright

Law").

Article 2The term "works" as referred to in the Copyright Law means

intellectual creations with originality in the literary, artistic or scientific domain,

insofar as they can be reproduced in a tangible form.

Article 3The term "creation" as referred to in the Copyright Law means

intellectual activities in which literary, artistic or scientific works are directly

created.

Any organizational activity, consultation, material support or other auxiliary

services conducted or offered for another person's creation shall not be deemed

as creation.

Article 4For the purposes of the Copyright Law and these Regulations, the

following expressions concerning works shall have the meanings hereunder

assigned to them:

(1) "written works" means works expressed in written form, such as novels,

poems, essays and theses;

(2) "oral works" means works expressed in form of spoken language, such as

impromptu speeches, lectures and court debates;

(3) "musical works" means such works as songs and symphonic works, with or

without accompanying words, which can be sung or performed;

(4) "dramatic works" means such works as dramas, operas and local traditional

operas for stage performance;

(5) "qu yi works" means such works as "xiang sheng" (cross talk), "kuai shu"

(clapper talk), "da gu" (ballad singing with drum accompaniment) and "ping shu"

(story telling based on novels), which are mainly performed by recitation or

singing, or by both;

(6) "choreographic works" means works in which ideas and feelings are or can

be expressed through successive body movements, gestures, facial movements,

etc;

(7) "acrobatic works" means works expressed through body movements and