At a press conference on Chinese copyright system status in the 2008 Beijing International Media Center, Vice Minister of the National Copyright Administration Yan Xiaohong speaks highly of copyright protection in China.  In general, standard of the copyright protection in the country is relatively high.  Much less Chinese web sites broadcast Olympic games without authorization than those in the industrialized countries. 

IPR protection online is an international issue, said Yan.  The Chinese government exercises strenuous efforts in this regard, which is not a usual practice in the world.  According to the monitor from BOCOG and IOC, three days after the opening ceremony, a total of 1,600 times of webcast piracy occurred, 85 percent of which originated in the industrialized countries.  Each of the some 100 cases in China was resolved within two hours with the fastest dealt in around 20 minutes.

(China IP News)