According to China Copyright Protection Center, the software industry continued to maintain a rapid growth in 2009. The total number of software registration reached 70,965, up 49.7 %.
Of all the software registrations, 67,912 were registrations for software copyright, an increase of 48.6% as compared with the same period of the previous year; 182 were registrations of software copyright transfer and license, up 26.38%; 2,752 were registrations related to change or supplement registrations, up 91.64%; 119 were registrations of software copyright pledge, up 9.17%.
The top 5 provinces for software copyright registration were Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu. Experts say that the significant increase in software registration is a result of the national policy to encourage the development of the software industry.
