Economy

China nabs over 14,000 suspects in IPR campaign

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-04-12 16:05

BEIJING - Chinese police have seized 14,185 suspects in the past five months in an ongoing campaign to halt the production and sale of counterfeit goods, including pirated software, fake drugs and homemade suitcases bearing the names of global luxury brands.

These suspects were allegedly involved in more than 8,000 cases of intellectual property rights (IPR) violations that wrapped up from the time the campaign started in November last year to the end of March, according to figures revealed Tuesday by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) at a news conference.

During the period, more than 7,000 production and sales outlets were destroyed, said Gao Feng, deputy director of the ministry's Economic Crime Investigation Department, adding that the ministry will focus on the supervision of 340 major cases to ensure thorough investigation and punishment of violators.