BEIJING -- Chinese police forces had arrested 9,031 suspects in an nine-month special campaign to crack down on piracy and other intellectual infringement illegalities, a government official said on Tuesday.

A total of 12,854 underground factories making pirated and faked products and 4,904 gangs selling those pirated goods were destroyed, said Jiang Zengwei, vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce, at a press conference held by the State Council's Information Office.

Chinese government initiated a nationwide campaign to fight against rampant illegalities producing pirated and faked books, DVDs and famous brand commodities since last October.