ArsTechnica: China signed a memorandum of understanding today with several trade associations in the UK and US, agreeing to crack down on copyright infringement and piracy in the country. The memorandum, Establishment of a Coordination Mechanism For Online Copyright Protection, was signed in Beijing by the National Copyright Administration (NCA) of China.

The four associations involved in the agreement were the Motion Picture Association of America and the Association of American Publishers in the US, and the Business Software Alliance and The Publishers Association in the UK. These groups have agreed to provide the NCA with a list of items that they wish to see protected, such as movies, video and audio, software, and published works.