Article 3.   For the purposes of the Copyright Law and these Regulations, the following expressions concerning works shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them:

(1) "written works" means works expressed in written form, such as novels, poems, essays and theses;

(2) "oral works" means works expressed in form of spoken language, such as impromptu speeches, lectures and court debates;

(3) "musical works" means such works as songs and symphonic works, with or without accompanying words, which can be sung or performed;

(4) "dramatic works" means such works as dramas, operas and local traditional operas for stage performance;

(5) "quyi works" means such works as "xiang sheng" (cross talk), "kuaishu" (clapper talk), "da gu" (ballad singing with drum accompaniment) and "ping shu" (story telling based on novels), which are mainly performed by recitation or singing, or by both;

(6) "choreographic works" means works in which ideas and feelings are or can be expressed through successive body movements, gestures, facial movements, etc;

(7) "acrobatic works" means works expressed through body movements and skills, such as acrobatics, magic and circus;

(8) "works of fine arts" means two-or three-dimensional works of the plastic arts created in lines, colours or other media which impart aesthetic effect, such as paintings, works of calligraphy and sculptures;

(9) "works of architecture" means works with aesthetic effect which are expressed in form of buildings or structures;

(10) "photographic works" means artistic works created by recording images of objects on light-sensitive or other materials with the aid of devices;

(11) "cinematographic works and works created by a process analogous to cinematography" means works which are recorded on some material, consisting of a series of images, with or without accompanying sound, and which can be projected with the aid of suitable devices or communicated by other means;

(12) "graphic works" means such works as drawings of engineering designs and product designs for the purpose of actual construction and manufacturing, and as maps and sketches showing geographical phenomena and demonstrating the fundamentals or the structure of a thing or an object;

(13) "model works" means three-dimensional works made on the basis of the shape and the structure of an object to a certain scale, for the purpose of display, test or observation.