Intellectual property crimes often 'hidden'

Intellectual property thieves are resorting more to internet technology, including external servers and cloud platforms, to commit their crimes, which makes them harder to stop, a prosecutor at the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Wednesday.

"These types of cases are more technical and hidden, as well as cross-regional," said Wang Wenli, the prosecutor.

Even so, prosecutions and arrests are rising. More than 6,800 people suspected of intellectual property crimes were prosecuted nationwide last year, SPP spokeswoman Xiao Wei said on Wednesday. Arrests were up by 12.5 percent over 2016, she said.