governments may take advantage of this lack of awareness to protect local economies by encouraging the production, sale, and use of infringing products, which dilutes the strength of central legislation or the power of law enforcement in promoting an environment that encourages investments in high technology. This means that in order to effectively protect and enforce copyright law, China must not only issue and implement copyright laws, but it also has to engender public awareness of these laws and promote societal support for its copyright laws. The current protections offered by the Chinese copyright law concerning the issue of unauthorized use fail in this second category in that they only offer a legal remedy to copyright holders, but do not encourage public awareness of copyright laws or the meaning of copyright laws