China is expected to ratify international treaties on the Internet with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in the second half of this year, an official said.

Liu Binjie, Vice-Director of the State Press and Publication Administration, said in Beijing on April 11 that the government had completed drafting the Protection of the Right of Communication through Network, the prerequisite for accession to WIPO treaties.

The draft, which is aimed at better protecting copyrights, had been submitted to the State Council, the cabinet, which is expected to approve and publish it in the first half of this year, said Liu.

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