The fifth International Copyright Fair 2022 Qingdao kicks off on July 22. [Photo/Dazhong News]

The fifth International Copyright Fair 2022 Qingdao kicked off on July 22 in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province.

The three-day event was held at the Qingdao International Convention and Exhibition Center. It gathered experts and scholars from the copyright industry and representatives from copyright institutions and enterprises to discuss IP empowerment industry development, traditional culture inheritance and urban IP innovation.

Audio-visual creativity, animation games and other copyright demonstrations are on display at the event. [Photo/Dazhong News]

During the opening ceremony, six projects, such as the China (Qingdao) music copyright trading platform and music digital collection operation platform, and the metaverse IP alliance, were signed, with a total contract amount of nearly 3 billion yuan ($440 million).

A series of activities such as online transactions, a copyright-themed exhibition, forums, and global promotion conferences for high-quality projects were held during the event.

The Shandong handicrafts exhibition area [Photo/Iqilu News]

The copyright themed exhibition spanned an area of 20,000 square meters, and was divided into seven sections, namely Shandong handicrafts, scientific and technological innovation, audio-visual creativity, animation games, copyright licensing, book publishing, and copyright demonstrations.

The Shandong handicrafts exhibition area displayed more than 6,000 handmade products from 16 cities in Shandong, which helped promote the province's products that are full of regional characteristics, creative characteristics and cultural connotations.

In recent years, Qingdao has strengthened copyright law enforcement, enhanced the copyright protection system, and supported the growth of the copyright industry by integrating crucial copyrights for the high-quality development of the city.

Handmade products from Shandong [Photo/Iqilu News]