국내 온라인게임 산업의 중국시장 진출을 위한 통상법적 과제 : WTO‘중국-시청각제품’사건의 이행과 시사점을 중심으로

Abstract

The “China — Audiovisual Services”case, found in 21 December 2009, and its implementation of Chinese government gave a meaningful effect to a variety of contents-related companies in the world. Thus this article dealt with the conclusion and implementation of the case, and more its implication especially focused on our national online game industry. For this purpose, firstly chapter Ⅱ shows a current status of our domestic online game industry for entry into Chinese market and its legal conditions, especially consistency between international trade law and Chinese laws. As a result of this analysis, we can show that China has a trade restriction legal systems which are not consistent with Chinese obligations based on the GATT and the GATS, especially in field of market access and national treatment. And secondly, this article, in chapter Ⅲ, gave a careful analysis on the findings and implementation of the case. So we can find many of the Chinese laws and regulations issued in the case are revised, changed and even more abolished. However, as a result fo this case study, we can see this case does not give a direct effect to the domestic online game industry because the objects of this case are not online game itself but various of contents products and their services. Therefore, this article tries to solve the unsettled problems in online game industry in relation to entry into the Chinese market, and to suggest some points in chapter Ⅳ.