According to the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC), China's copyright registration continued to maintain rapid growth in 2013. The total number of copyright registration reached 1 million. Of which, 845,000 are registration for copyright of works, up 22.89%. Software copyright registration amounted to 164,000, up 18%.
　　　　
According to a representative from copyright administration department under NCAC, the top six Beijing, China Copyright Protection Center, Shanghai, Chongqing, Jiangsu and Shandong contribute 80% of the registrations, with Beijing itself received more than a half. Among all the registrations, photography works, works of art, written works and musical works are in the majority. According to this person in charge, 2013 also witnessed fast growth of registrations for copyright transfer contracts and copyright pledge. 76 copyright transfer contracts were registered, up 153.3%. 244 registrations to copyright pledge have been accomplished, 1,041 pieces of works involved. 198 of which is software copyright pledge, 686 pieces of software involved. 
　　　　
In the New Year, NCAC will strive their efforts to provide copyright services, raise standards for the level of informatization and standardization, improve system construction for copyright registration statistics, delivery and publication, increase registration numbers and coverage, software registrations in particular, promote construction for copyright pledge system, regulate the market order for copyright trading and transfer, further transfer the potential value of copyright into actual value.

(China IP News)