The organization prepares draft laws and regulations on copyright protection, develops and organizes the administration of copyright (including the establishment or revision of remuneration criteria for the use of works) and implements them, approves applications for compulsory reprinting or translation of foreign works and the issuance of compulsory licences, handles copyright relations with the hong kong and macao regions and abroad, reviews and registers copyright-related contracts, inspects the application of copyright law and the implementation of international copyright conventions to which china is a party in china, investigates cases of infringement of copyright and rights involving foreign copyright that have a significant impact throughout the country, approves the establishment of collective copyright management, agency and arbitration bodies and directs their work, registers the attribution and transfer of copyrights, regulates the use of copyright-entitled works by the state, supervises the administration of statutory copyrights and directs the work of local copyright administrations。
