Authorities stop illegal broadcasts

Some 'pirate' radio stations pushing false advertising could reach as far as 300 km

More than 500 sets of equipment for making unauthorized radio broadcasts in China were seized in a national campaign aided by more than 30,000 airwave monitors.

The campaign, launched on Feb 15 by the State Council, resulted in 1,796 cases related to illegal radio stations, after 301,840 hours of monitoring from February to July, according to an online statement by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.