Research On The Legal Issues About The International Trade Of Digital Cultural Products

International and digital technologies are a blast in the digital development and era of economic globalization. The development of international trade is also undergoing tremendous change. Traditional international trade classification system on trade of goods and trade in service is also changed because of the emergence of some new products. This dissertation analyze the international trade issues about digital cultural products, and discuss the rapid development and change of the traditional culture products because of digital technology, then analyze issues about the classification of digital cultural products and the tax-related problems of the international trade of digital cultural products. On the base of the foregoing analysis, this dissertation presents the author’s views of the foregoing issues and suggestions about China’s development of the international trade of digital cultural products.In the future, the international community will be gradually developed into a digital technology-based global system of social, economic, cultural. Revealing and discussing the issues about the international trade of digital cultural products conform to the trend of the time and therefore promote the development of international trade.This dissertation is divided into four parts, as described below:The first part: The digital cultural products and international trade. This part includes the interpretation of the concept of digital cultural products and the characteristics of digital cultural products, the trade forms of digital cultural products, and the influence brought by the emerging digital cultural products on international trade.The second part: The classification-related problem of the international trade of digital cultural products. This part presents how the foresaid problem comes up with and why it becomes controversial. After that this part analyzes the applicable rules of international trade and at last present the way of settlement to solve this problem to some degree.The third part: The tax-related problems of the international trade of digital cultural products. This part is to introduce how the foresaid problem comes up with and why it becomes controversial. Then this part present existing arrangements on the international and the way of improving and promoting the existing tax-related arrangements of the international trade of digital cultural products.The fourth part: Reflection of the development of China’s international trade development of digital cultural products. The last part discusses present situation of the international trade development of digital cultural products in China. And this part comes up with that China should take efforts to participate international negotiation and regulation, as well as the construction of legal system of digital cultural products.