Top legal hotspots of China film and television industry in 2018：China strengthened its policy support to the film industry，the copyright of online audio-visual programs’ protection，the prosperity and development of the film market with the new policy of China，the business model of content payment gradually matured，regulations on the introduction and dissemination of overseas audio-visual programs（draft for comments）issued，data fraud such as ratings has been cracked down，the industry atmosphere has been purified，the tax order of the industry has been standardized，guidelines for the trial of intellectual property infringement cases by judicial organs issued，tort of music in film and television works，plagiarized writers，artists’ payment，CSRC issued guidelines for re-financing review，derived use of elements of film and TV works，film and TV works on revolutionary’s protection，the protection of minors. Top Prospects of China film and television industry in 2019：Substantive progress in the legislative work of the Law on Radio and Television，regulations on the introduction and dissemination of overseas audio-visual programs may come into force，the tax order of the industry gets standardized further，the boundary of online audio-visual programs’ right gets nail down，the policy support for the film industry，the business model of content payment gets more mature，the ‘internet plus Film and Television’ industry may get its orientation，the ‘plagiarism’ of scripts is expected to be defined in detail by the judiciary，the development of film and television works’ derived use continues to heat up，the era of online ticket compensation may be over，judicial protection of intellectual property is further strengthened，the sharing brokerage model may be the new direction for artists.