The Ministry of Public Security's campaign to halt the production and sale of counterfeit goods has seen Chinese police conduct more than 13,000 raids on pirate dens and knock-off markets.
The initiative was launched in November 2009. By July 26, sources within the ministry said, the police had detained nearly 29,500 suspects and broken up more than 4,900 wholesalers or groups involved in intellectual property rights (IPR) violations.
Police have solve more than 15,800 IPR violation cases with a combined value of 13.11 billion yuan ($2.03 billion). |