Legal basis: Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 2 Works of China citizens, legal persons or unincorporated organizations, whether published or not, shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law.
The copyright enjoyed by the works of foreigners and stateless persons in accordance with the agreement signed between the country to which the author belongs or the country of habitual residence and China or the international treaties to which * * * is a party shall be protected by this Law.
Works of foreigners and stateless persons first published in China shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law.
The works of authors and stateless persons from countries that have not signed agreements with China or participated in international treaties shall be first published in the member countries of international treaties to which China is a party, or published in both member countries and non-member countries at the same time, and shall be protected by this Law.
Article 3 The term "works" as mentioned in this Law refers to intellectual achievements that are original and can be expressed in a certain form in the fields of literature, art and science, including:
(1) Written works;
(2) Oral works;
(3) Music, drama, folk art, dance and acrobatic works;
(4) Artistic and architectural works;
(5) Photographic works;
(6) Audio-visual works;
(seven) engineering design drawings, product design drawings, maps, schematic diagrams and other graphic works and model works;
(8) Computer software;
(9) other intellectual achievements that meet the characteristics of the work.