The state can become the subject of copyright. After the death of the author, no one inherits or receives the property rights in the copyright of the work. After the change or termination of a legal person or entity without legal personality, the copyright of the legal person or entity without legal personality who does not assume its rights and obligations shall be enjoyed by the state.
 Article 2 of the Copyright Law stipulates that works of Chinese citizens, legal persons or other organizations, whether published or not, shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law. The copyright in the works of foreigners or stateless persons, which is enjoyed in accordance with an agreement concluded between the country to which the author belongs or the country of his habitual residence and China or an international treaty to which both countries are parties, shall be protected by this Law. Works of foreigners or stateless persons that are first published in China shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law. The works of authors from countries that have not signed agreements with China or are both parties to international treaties, as well as works of stateless persons, which are published for the first time in a member country of an international treaty to which China is a party, or published simultaneously in a member country and a non member country, shall be protected by this Law.