May 16 ~ 17 - the National Copyright Administration convened a meeting to exchange the experience in developing leading companies in the copyright-related sectors in Nantong, Jiangsu Province. Yan Xiaohong, vice president of the General Administration of Press and Publication and of the National Copyright Administration, Zhang Yaolin, vice provincial governor of Jiangsu Province, and Wang Binying, Assistant Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, attended and spoke at the meeting.

Yan affirmed the exploratory results China had made in copyright protection and services, but pointed out three deficiencies in the copyright sector, i.e., the development is unbalanced, the scope of copyright sector needs to be further expanded, and the administration of the creation, management and utilization of copyrighted products needs to be enhanced.

He mentioned five major tasks in copyright protection and services for the moment and within a certain period afterwards:
a. Local party committees and governments should support copyright protection and formulate specific supporting policies;
b. Local copyright services should take full advantage of the local copyright resources and deal specifically with the creation, utilization and transaction of copyrighted products. Localities should have their own copyright demonstration entities to develop a demonstrative industrial cluster and form a developing pattern with particular focuses and characteristics;
c. Work should be done to enhance the implementation of copyright laws and the investigation and solution of copyright infringements, keep pressing piracies with legal power, establish a regulated and orderly market, and protect the healthy development of the copyright sector;
d. Efforts should be made to continuously improve the copyright brokerage and build up a copyright trade platform; and
e. Cooperation is needed with world intellectual property organizations and the study program of copyright-related sectors should be completed.