Software piracy rate declining

Individual buyers of software most likely to purchase fake versions

BEIJING - About 45 percent of the software installed on computers in China last year was pirated, down by 2 percentage points from the previous year. Operating systems saw the lowest piracy rate of 27 percent, according to Chinalabs.com, a consulting and research company.

The company, entrusted by the State Intellectual Property Office, on Monday released its latest annual report on China's software piracy, a continuation of its current five-year project.