What they say

Lei Jun

The public condemns the fakes that are sold online, but we face the same problem offline as well. Xiaomi is a victim of fakes. They may look almost the same as the genuine article, but they are of very poor quality and do great harm to the image of made-in-China products. One of the biggest difficulties in cracking down on fakes is that the factories making them and dealers selling them are spread over different regions. I suggest the government imposes more-severe penalties on people who manufacture or sell fakes and select key regions and markets for close supervision.

Ling Jiefang, CPPCC National Committee member and writer under the pen name Er Yuehe