On April 17th, the China Copyright Protection Center released its "Analysis Report on the Registration of Computer Software Copyrights in China in 2022." In 2022, a total of 1.84 million pieces of computer software copyrights were registered nationwide, marking the fifth consecutive year that the number of registrations has exceeded one million, and bringing the total number of software registrations in China to 10 million over the past decade, a 12-fold increase compared to 2012.

In 2022, the number of registrations for artificial intelligence and big data software in China both exceeded 35,000, representing a 32-fold and 45-fold increase in initial registrations, respectively, with an average annual growth rate exceeding 50%, far higher than the overall growth rate for all software categories.

Source: Securities Times