Fake seed crackdown reaps results

HUANGGANG, Hubei - China has stepped up its efforts to ensure the country's food security by cracking down on sales of fake seeds.

The move is seen as a major effort by the Chinese government to boost the agricultural sector after the State Council, the country's Cabinet, launched a six-month campaign in October to fight the making and selling of fake goods as well as violations of intellectual property rights.

More than 15,000 kilograms of rice seeds and 30,000 packages of cotton seeds, which are fake or have infringed upon intellectual property rights, were destroyed in Huanggang, a city in Central China's Hubei province on Thursday.