An office for the reporting of economic crimes, affiliated to
the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Public Security, was established on
Wednesday.
It was also announced that any individual or government work
unit can report activities involving bribery and intellectual
property rights (IPR) infringements to the office on 10-83547515.
Telephone lines are open around the clock.
This is one of the major steps this year that Beijing is taking
to crack down on cases of bribery in commercial circles and IPR
infringement, said an official with the municipal bureau of public
security.
The official said that the bureau's focus is on bribery cases in
11 sectors including construction, land sales, trade of property
ownership, purchasing and marketing of medicines, governmental
procurement, exploitation and marketing of resources, publishing,
bank loans, securities, insurance and telecommunications
services.
At the same time, Beijing will strike hard on activities
involving producing, transporting and selling fake products and
trademarks, as well as activities involving the violation of online
property, buying and selling pirated discs and illegal
publications.
The bureau will work in cooperation with local procuratorates,
the courts, industry and commerce watchdogs, quality supervision
departments and the IPR office.
(Xinhua News Agency April 20, 2006)