THE PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND ACCESSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION – REFORM OF COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION

MARKOVIĆ Vesna (Master of Laws), vesnam82@gmail.com

The author deals with the reform of the copyright legislation in the People’s Republic of China, so that the PRC could access to the World Trade Organization. In this sense, the author studies the practice of copyright protection throughout the Chinese history and the steps that have been taken by the PRC on conformity of this section with the international standards. Both the legislation innovation and establishing of concomitant institutions are presented. In the end, the article presents some further tendencies of developing copyright in the PRC and its relationship with international copyright protection established within the WTO.

Keywords: World Trade Organization, People’s Republic of China, accession, copyright law, international copyright protection