Biweekly Consultation Symposium was Held by the CPPCC: Focus on Related Problems of the Amendment of the Copyright Law

 Law Revision

The 22nd Biweekly Consultation Symposium of the 13th CPPCC was held in Beijing on May 13, on which member of the Politburo Standing Committee & chairman of the CPPCC, Wang Yang attended and delivered a speech. It was stressed in Wang’s speech that the copyright law was the most important pillar for the IP field which was essential for the creation and dissemination of spiritual and cultural products, the rise of the scientific literacy of the people and the acceleration of the construction of an innovative country. The Amendment of the Copyright Law was defined as the central issue for the symposium, conveying the dialectical unity of consensus building and political suggestions. The amendment was regarded as a vital process for the CPPCC to participate in the legislation consultation which helped raise the quality of the legislation as well as a grand step to popularize the law education, establish the ideological basis and social milieu for the law enforcement. It’s a must to make thorough understanding of the important explanation on enhancing IP protection made by general secretary Xi, keep the development strategies centered on people and properly handle the relationship among the creation, protection and application of the copyright to establish a copyright system of Chinese characteristics.

During the symposium, 12 members and scholars gave their suggestions centered on the tasks and positions, value orientation and system refinement on the amendment. There were also 160 members who provided their advice on the mobile function-performing platform. In their opinion, since the Reform and Opening-up policy and especially the 18th CPC National Congress, there was an obvious improvement in the legal construction for the intellectual property. A relatively comprehensive and internationally recognized copyright protection legal system was built and played an important role in encouraging creation and dissemination of works, boosting the prosperous development of the socialism culture & science. Meanwhile, with the rapid development of economies and technologies, especially the widespread application of the Internet, it was urgent to amend the copyright law to tackle the emerging problems from present copyright system.

May 21, 2019

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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