Article 1 This Law is enacted in accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Constitution") in order to protect the copyright of authors in their literary, artistic and scientific works and copyright-related rights and interests, encourage the creation and dissemination of works conducive to promoting the socialist cultural-ethical and material advancement and the development and prosperity of socialist science and culture. Article 2 Works of citizens, legal persons or unincorporated organizations of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "China"), whether published or not, shall enjoy copyright under this Law. Copyright enjoyed by non-Chinese nationals or stateless persons in their works shall be protected under this Law according the agreement between their home country or country of habitual residence and China, or the international treaty to which both countries are parties. Works of non-Chinese nationals or stateless persons which are first published in the territory of China shall enjoy copyright under this Law. Works of authors who are nationals of a country which has not entered into an agreement with China or is not a party to an international treaty to which China is a party, or who are stateless persons, shall be protected under this Law if they are first published in a country that is a party to an international treaty to which China is a party, or simultaneously in a country which is a party to such treaty and a country outside such treaty. Article 3 For the purposes of this Law, the term "works" shall refer to intellectual creations with originality in the realm of literature, art or science that can be represented in a certain form, including: 1. Writings; 2. Oral works; 3. Musical works, dramatic works, works of quyi (Chinese folk art), choreographic works and acrobatic works; 4. Works of fine arts and works of architecture; 5. Photographic works; 6. Audio-visual works; 7. Engineering design plans, product design drawings, maps, schematic drawings and other graphic works and their model works; 8. Computer software; and 9. Other intellectual creations that meet the characteristics of works. Article 4 In exercising their rights, copyright owners and copyright-related rights holders shall not violate the Constitution and laws and shall not harm public interest. The State supervises and regulates the publication and dissemination of works in accordance with the law. Article 5 This Law does not apply to: 1. Laws and regulations; resolutions, decisions and orders of government organs and other documents of a legislative, administrative or judicial nature; and their official translations; 2. Pure factual information; and 3. Calendars, numerical tables or forms of general use, and formulas. Article 6 Measures for the protection of copyright in works of folk literature and art shall be formulated separately by the State Council. Article 7 The State copyright authority shall be responsible for the copyright administration nationwide. The local copyright authority at or above the county level shall be responsible for copyright administration within its own administrative area. Article 8 Copyright owners and copyright-related rights holders may authorize a collective copyright management body to exercise their copyright or copyright-related rights. A collective copyright management 2