(1) laws and regulations, resolutions, decisions and orders of State organs, other documents of a legislative, administrative or judicial nature and the official translations thereof;
(2) mere information about facts or happenings; and
(3) calendars, numerical tables and forms of general use, and formulas.
This work is from any of the items above and is in the public domain in mainland China and possibly other jurisdictions. For works whose copyright has expired, see also {{PD-China}} and {{PD-PRC}}.
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The following items shall not be the subject matter of copyright:
The constitution, acts, regulations, or official documents.
Translations or compilations by central or local government agencies of works referred to in the preceding subparagraph.
Slogans and common symbols, terms, formulas, numerical charts, forms, notebooks, or almanacs.
Oral and literary works for news reports that are intended strictly to communicate facts.
Test questions and alternative test questions from all kinds of examinations held pursuant to laws or regulations.
The term "official documents" in the first subparagraph of the preceding paragraph includes proclamations, text of speeches, news releases, and other documents prepared by civil servants in the course of carrying out their duties.
WORKS OF STATE RUN ENTERPRISES ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY FREE OF COPYRIGHT.
This work is in the public domain in the U.S. because it is an edict of a government, local or foreign. See § 313.6(C)(2) of the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, 3rd ed. 2014 (Compendium (Third)). Such documents include "legislative enactments, judicial decisions, administrative rulings, public ordinances, or similar types of official legal materials."
These do not include works first published by the United Nations or any of its specialized agencies, or by the Organization of American States. See Compendium (Third) § 313.6(C)(2) and 17 U.S.C. § 104(b)(5).
A non-American governmental edict may still be copyrighted outside the U.S. Similarly, the above U.S. Copyright Office Practice does not prevent U.S. states or localities from holding copyright abroad, depending on foreign copyright laws and regulations.