I would like to know, for works designed by an architectural design company, does the design copyright of the construction drawings belong to Party A or the design company itself?

The design institute issued the design and construction drawings according to the requirements of the builder. Unless otherwise agreed, the copyright belongs to the design company.

"Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 2 The works of Chinese citizens, legal persons or other organizations, whether published or not, enjoy copyright in accordance with this law.

Article 3 The works referred to in this Law include works of literature, art, natural science, social science, engineering technology, etc. created in the following forms:

...... (7) Graphic works and model works such as engineering design drawings, product design drawings, maps, schematic diagrams;

(8) Computer software;

(9) Other works specified by laws and administrative regulations.

Article 9 Copyright holders include:

(1) Authors;

(2) Other citizens, legal persons or other organizations that enjoy copyright in accordance with this law.

Article 10 Copyright includes the following personal rights and property rights:

(1) Right of publication, that is, the right to decide whether the work will be made public;

(2) Right of signature , that is, the right to indicate the identity of the author and sign the work;

(3) The right to modify, that is, the right to modify or authorize others to modify the work;

(4) The right to protect the integrity of the work , that is, the right to protect the work from distortion and tampering;

(5) The right of reproduction, that is, the right to make one or more copies of the work by printing, copying, rubbing, recording, videotaping, dubbing, or photocopying, etc. The right to copy;

(6) The right of distribution, that is, the right to provide the original or copies of the work to the public by selling or donating it;

(7) The right of leasing, that is, for a fee The right to permit others to temporarily use film works, works created using similar filmmaking methods, and computer software, except where computer software is not the main subject of the lease;

(8) Exhibition rights, that is, the public display of fine art works , the right to the original or copy of the photographic work;

(9) Performance right, that is, the right to publicly perform the work and to publicly broadcast the performance of the work by various means;

( 10) Screening rights, that is, the right to publicly reproduce art, photography, movies, and works created with methods similar to filmmaking through projectors, slide projectors and other technical equipment;

(11) Broadcasting rights, that is, to The right to publicly broadcast or disseminate works by wireless means, to disseminate broadcast works to the public by wired transmission or rebroadcasting, and to disseminate broadcast works to the public through loudspeakers or other similar tools that transmit symbols, sounds, and images;

(12) Information network dissemination right, that is, the right to provide works to the public through wired or wireless means so that the public can obtain the works at a time and place of their personal choosing;

(10) 3) The right to film, that is, the right to fix the work on a carrier by making a movie or using a method similar to making a movie;

(14) The right to adapt, that is, to change the work and create an original new one. The rights to works;

(15) Translation rights, that is, the right to convert works from one language into another language;

(16) Compilation rights, that is, the right to The right to assemble works or fragments of works into new works through selection or arrangement;

(17) Other rights that should be enjoyed by the copyright owner.