Battle against counterfeit goods enters a new phase

Officials aim to stamp out cross-border transactions

China's crackdown on intellectural property infringement and counterfeiting is shifting its focus, officials said on Tuesday.

"In the next step, we will intensify our crackdown campaigns in regions with frequent infringement and counterfeiting activities, while focusing on the online sales of counterfeits and spreading of pirated copies," said Chai Haitao, deputy director of the Office of the National Leading Group for Combating IPR Infringement and Counterfeiting.