Govt, media team to fight fakes

The southern province of Guangdong is hoping undercover reporters are the solution to the trade in counterfeit goods that has traditionally been widespread in this area.

At a work conference in Guangzhou on Monday, Lin Ying, deputy secretary-general of the provincial government, repeated Guangdong Party chief Wang Yang's call to encourage the media to secretly visit places where the production and sale of counterfeit goods occurs to get detailed and accurate information.

"We can assign plainclothes police officers to protect the reporters who make undercover visits to the province's counterfeit production and sales centers to guarantee their personal safety if needed," Lin said.