FAKE PRODUCTS IN THE CROSSHAIRS AS BUYERS GET MORE PROTECTION

Intellectual property rights also strengthened amid e-commerce controversy

The market regulator is cracking down on those who manufacture and sell counterfeit or fake products after the Nasdaq-listed online discounter Pinduoduo was the center of heated debate for allowing third-party vendors to offer such goods in violation of intellectual property rights.

The crackdown will focus on manufacturing of counterfeit goods, trademark infringements, exaggerated promotion and illegal advertising, the State Administration for Market Regulation said on its website last week.