(Yicai Global) Aug. 22 -- Visual China Group, the largest provider of visual content in China, has officially introduced its online trading platform for design materials for visual products between creators and users of copyrighted visual content.

The design material section, a trading platform of copyrighted visual content, came online Aug. 20, the company said in a statement yesterday.

The design materials available online are templates, elements, backgrounds, icons and others. Nearly 10,000 contract designers have contributed more than 10 million visual products, the statement said.

The platform uses big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain and other core technologies to provide users with high-quality and copyright-free design materials, per the statement added.

The platform's rich and easy-to-use semi-finished design materials improve user efficiency, especially that of designers, and improve the quality of company advertising, the statement said.

Beijing-based Visual China is the exclusive agent for more than 46 international visual product brands, including Getty Images, Corbis Motion and BBC Motion Gallery, the company website shows.

 Editor: Ben Armour