2026/3(46)

Contents

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Filin P.

Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, the search for the Northeast Passage and Russian maritime culture in the late 16th century

APPLIED RESEARCH

Bychkova O.

Role of popular science tourism infrastructure in the popularization and preservation of scientific and technical heritage

Zinovieva N.

Network culture in the context of two approaches to research issues

Kovbasyuk T.

Significant extension to an existing property on the example of the World Heritage site ‘White monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

Kostina N.

Methodological approaches to working with the cultural heritage of the region in the context of the cultural and educational policy of modern Russia

Khilko N.

Objectification as a form of digital reconstruction of lost cultural heritage in the urban environment of tourist sites Western Siberia

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Kitov Yu., Egorova M.

Genesis and development of Evenki circle dances as a cultural phenomenon of historical and modern Yakutia

CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES

Kukhterin S., Yermolov E. 

Karbas of the 17th century. An Oransky find on the coast of Novaya Zemlya

Okorokov A.

40 years of the Marine Arctic Complex Expedition of the Heritage Institute

Seleznev A.

Shamanic ladder in the Muslim cemetery: to the semantics of the ornamented on-grave posts of the Tobol-Irtysh Tatars

Selezneva S.

Identification of immovable cultural heritage objects in Russia: conceptual, regulatory and regional aspects

HERITAGE PRESERVATION

Soloviev A., Berezina N.

International and foreign models for the preservation of immovable cultural heritage: a comparative legal and cultural analysis

Spivak D.

Cultural heritage in actual UNESCO strategy

MUSEOLOGY

Pleshchenko V.

The corporate museum as a tool for preserving the history and accumulating the business reputation of the company

Sarkisova E.

School as a center for the preservation of cultural heritage: from the experience of cultural and educational activities of school museums

Publ. 18/09/2026

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DOI 10.34685/HI.2026.76.33.005

Ippolitov S.

Formation and development of copyright in China:
from doctrine to instruments of state cultural policy

Abstract. The article presents a comprehensive analysis of the copyright of the People's Republic of China as a unique legal, cultural, political and ideological phenomenon. The relevance of the research is due to the need to understand the rapid evolution of the Chinese intellectual property system from a country with minimal legal protection to one of the world leaders in the field of digital content and technological innovations. The work is particularly important in the context of the deepening strategic partnership between Russia and China, as well as in connection with the need to adapt legislation to the challenges of the digital age, including the regulation of artificial intelligence, big data and Internet platforms.

The purpose of the study is to identify specific principles, institutional mechanisms and trends in the development of Chinese copyright, as well as to assess the effectiveness of this model in the context of digital transformation. The methodological basis consists of historical-legal, comparative-legal, formal-legal methods.

The work traces the genesis of copyright in China: from traditional Confucian ideas about collective knowledge and the practice of copying as a form of respect, through the Soviet model of state regulation of creativity, to modern legislation, which is being formed under the influence of external economic pressure and internal needs of innovative development. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the current version of the Copyright Act (2020), including the open list of protected objects, the specifics of the legal regime of official works and the implementation of the concept of «fair use».

The author examines in detail the institutional structure of copyright protection, in particular, the «tripartite mechanism», which combines administrative, judicial and conciliatory forms of protection. The article reveals the system-forming role of the Chinese Communist Party in strategic planning, ideological control and ensuring uniformity of law enforcement practice. A separate section is devoted to adapting Chinese legislation to the challenges of digitalization: the introduction of the «notice-delete» system, the duty of platforms to exercise «due diligence», as well as the first steps in the legal regulation of works created using artificial intelligence systems.

Based on the analysis, a conclusion is drawn about the formation of a unique hybrid model of copyright, in which Western legal structures are filled with Chinese political and economic content, serving the strategic objectives of technological sovereignty, cultural security and ideological control.

Keywords: Chinese copyright, intellectual property in the People's Republic of China, Chinese Copyright Law 2020, tripartite protection mechanism, administrative copyright protection, Chinese intellectual property courts, digital transformation of copyright, artificial intelligence and copyright, responsibility of Internet platforms, Chinese Communist Party and intellectual property, Russian-Chinese cooperation in the field of intellectual property.

Ippolitov Sergey Sergeevich,
D. in History, Chief researcher,
Likhachev Russian Institute for Cultural
Russian State Academy of Intellectual Property
Email: nivestnik@yandex.ru

Published: The Heritage Institute Journal, 2026/2(45)

URL: http://nasledie-journal.ru/en/journals/866.html

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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