In the first half of the year China prosecuted 1,076 cases of
intellectual property rights infringement, said China's General
Administration of Customs (GAC) in Beijing Tuesday.
Altogether 39 million fake items were seized with a total value
of more than 68 million yuan (US$8.5 million), according to figures
from the GAC.
Guangzhou customs on May 24 seized 108,000 bottles of
counterfeit medicine from Hong Kong carrying the name Wong To Yick
worth 1.89 million yuan. It was the biggest reported case involving
imported fake goods in recent years.
According to the administration Xiamen customs in May seized 672
pieces of clothing for children suspected of illegally carrying the
2008 Olympic trademark mascots. The same violation was also
discovered by Tianjin customs on 4,150 school bags being exported
to Cameroon.
The GAC has launched a crackdown on the dispatch of counterfeit
goods by mail. A total of 157 cases of mail fraud were uncovered by
Fuzhou customs in the first half of the year.
More sophisticated electronic detection devices were being used
to uncover IPR infringement, said the GAC.
(Xinhua News Agency August 9, 2006)