IPR protection awareness

We have every reason to feel proud of the economic crime investigation department of the Ministry of Public Security, which received an award from the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group on Tuesday for the outstanding contributions it has made in the battle to stop intellectual property rights violations.

What the police have achieved points to the importance the Chinese government attaches to the protection of intellectual property rights and its determination to fight infringements.

The public security departments nationwide cracked more than 44,000 cases related to IPR infringements and apprehended more than 55,000 suspects involved in the making and selling of counterfeit and shoddy goods from November 2010 to November 2011, according to the ministry.