The (Tiger years in August, the first two days), September 22, 1998, the China Copyright Protection Center was established. Reference September 1998, the approval of the Central Commission Office in Beijing, China Copyright Protection Center was established.

Center is a comprehensive copyright established by the state social management and social service agencies. The major lines of business of the China Copyright Protection Center, copyright agents, work registration, work identification, legal services, information services, copyright Publications and many other aspects. Including institutional reform program approved by the State Council of Press and Publication (National Copyright Administration), the National Copyright Administration handed over to the center of the computer software copyright registration exercise, the copyright registration of foreign and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, the copyright of the registration shall, foreign copyright certification foreign audio-visual, electronic publications, registration of contracts. Meanwhile, the approval of the National Copyright Administration, the center will also be responsible for organizing the preparatory text, art, photography, and multimedia works copyright collective management. The effective conduct of this work, will largely optimizing the use of copyright legal environment, and improve the system of copyright protection in China. It is reported that China Copyright Agency, China's software registration center and copyright of remuneration received transfer center was placed under the unified leadership and management of the China Copyright Protection Center, in order to strengthen leadership copyright agents, copyright registration and copyright services.