The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it will hold the "2025 Korea-China Copyright Intergovernmental Meeting" and the "2025 Korea-China Copyright Forum" on 24th at Park Hyatt Busan together with the Korea Copyright Commission (KCC) and China's National Press and Publication Administration. The meeting will discuss bilateral cooperation measures for copyright protection and changes in copyright policy and responses driven by technological advances such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain.
At this meeting, the ministry will discuss cooperation measures with the administration to block illegal distribution of K-content in China and will ask for domestic corporations to participate in and share information on the Jianwang crackdown campaign. It will also request cooperation to expand the collection of royalties by China's music collective management organizations.
In addition, the two countries will share trends in copyright policy related to new technologies, such as the use of works in AI training and blockchain-based distribution of works. They will also discuss ways to resolve administrative and practical tasks in the process of introducing and operating systems. The government's role in securing and utilizing intellectual property (IP) in industries such as short-form drama and online games will also be addressed.
A total of 32 content corporations and associations from both countries will participate in the event. Nineteen organizations from Korea and 13 from China will attend. The ministry will form an exchange delegation centered on Busan corporations, and 14 companies, including RocketFilm, Masangsoft, and Arimoa, will meet with the Chinese side. Tencent, TikTok, and iQIYI will also join to discuss cooperation with domestic corporations.
Along with the private exchange meeting, the "2025 Korea-China Copyright Forum" will also be held. Professor Gye Seung-gyun of Pusan National University and attorney Li Zizhu of Weibo Law Firm will present on the development of the two countries' copyright systems. Then, Lee Sang-uk, content team leader at MBC C&I AIXR, and Wang Xiaoqing, deputy managing editor at iQIYI, will share vivid on-the-ground experiences on the challenges and future of AI and the copyright industry.
Jung Hyang-mi, director general of the Copyright Bureau at the ministry, said, "We will continue close communication between the copyright authorities of the two countries to more robustly protect authors' rights and firmly support the development of the content industry."