Ministry of Information Industry, National Copyright Administration and Ministry of Commerce, Circular on Issues Relevant to Pre-installation of Authorized Version of Operating System Software in Computers

信息产业部、国家版权局、商务部关于计算机预装正版操作系统软件有关问题的通知

May 02, 2006 | BY

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Issued: March 30 2006Main contents: Computers produced in China shall be pre-installed with an authorized version of operating system software before release…

Clp Reference: 5600/06.03.30 Promulgated: 2006-03-30

Issued: March 30 2006

Main contents: Computers produced in China shall be pre-installed with an authorized version of operating system software before release (Article 1). When importing computers for sale in the China, an authorized version of operating system software shall be pre-installed prior to sale (Article 2). Computer manufacturers and suppliers of operating system software shall, before the end of February of each year, report the numbers of computers sold and operating system software pre-installed for the preceding year to the Ministry of Information Industry (Article 5).
Related legislation: PRC Copyright Law (Revised), Oct 27 2001, CLP 2001 No.10 p.53 and Regulations for the Protection of Computer Software, Dec 20 2001, CLP 2002 No.1 p.14

clp reference:5600/06.03.30promulgated:2006-03-30

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