National Copyright Administration level

There is a patent office in China National Intellectual Property Administration, and its director, China National Intellectual Property Administration, is the same person. The purpose of establishing the Intellectual Property Office at that time was to combine the Patent Office, Trademark Office and Copyright Bureau into one. But for various reasons, the merger failed. At present, only the Patent Office, Trademark Office and Copyright Bureau are under the management of other departments in China National Intellectual Property Administration.

Legal basis:

Article 3 of the Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC) The state organs of People's Republic of China (PRC) practise the principle of democratic centralism.

The National People's Congress and local people's congresses at various levels are democratically elected, accountable to the people and supervised by the people.

The state administrative organs, supervisory organs, judicial organs and procuratorial organs are all produced by the National People's Congress, responsible to and supervised by the National People's Congress.

The division of functions and powers between the central and local state organs follows the principle of giving full play to local initiative and enthusiasm under the unified leadership of the central authorities.