After central and provincial governmental departments in China have completed software legalization, by this April, 62.15% municipal governments and 32.85% official authorities at county level will have eliminated the use of pirated software.

In May, as a move of the national inter-ministerial conference on software legalization to check local fulfillment of the obligations, an inspection working group was formulated by officials from eight central authorities, including the Ministry of Finance, National Copyright Administration and SIPO, targeting 16 provinces, municipalities as well as 14 central governmental departments. The inspection saw welcome improvements on software assets management on the whole, but also a lack of awareness and financial support in several areas, which deserved more attention.

Source: IPR in China