There are new developments about folk literature intangible cultural heritage protection work in 2015. These include the strengthened government management of intangible cultural heritage，the social application of construction of the program catalogues as well as the inheritors system and the digital protection，the start of the project on inheritors research and training，the realization of the linkage protection between different regions，and the richness in the performance forms of folk literature in the ‘Internet plus’ era. The problem of legal protection of folk literature and art was highlighted caused by the “spoof” of Mulan event on the Internet. We carding the process of folk literature legislative work in China，combining with multi-discipline researches，to investigate on the fundamental issues relating to legislation of Chinese folk literature works and the dispute on “Regulation for protection on Expressions of folklore copyright”（Draft） and other issues. The report indicates that we should promote the social application of the digital of oral tradition，explore the way of legal protection of folk literature in ‘Internet Plus’ time，strengthen the research on practice and focus on the conversion and utilization about the folk literature resources.