In 2023, Chinese police investigated 40,000 cases involving the violation of intellectual property rights (IPRs) or the manufacturing and selling of substandard goods, according to police authority.

Police authorities nationwide have taken actions against IPR violations related to scientific and technological innovation as well as trade secret violations, investigating over 150 technology-related cases last year.

To maintain the order of the copyright market, more than 1,300 cases of criminal copyright infringement of textbooks and reference books, films and software have been investigated.

The police are also working with other relevant departments and have launched special crackdown campaigns against the manufacturing and selling of counterfeit or substandard goods such as fire-fighting equipment, gas devices, electric products, construction materials and auto parts.

The police are sharing relevant information with administrative agencies to take coordinated actions against violations. The Ministry of Public Security and other departments have jointly supervised the investigation of 150 major cases in this regard, all of which have been solved, the Ministry said in a statement on 18 February, 2024.

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