Pirated goods seized

Chinese customs authorities seized 334 million items involving intellectual property rights (IPR) violations worth 439 million yuan last year, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said in a White Paper released recently.

The number and value of items rose 83 percent and 116 percent respectively year-on-year, according to the White Paper of Chinese Customs IPR Protection 2007. According to the report, the counterfeit goods seized by the GAC were primarily clothes, shoes, bags and cigarettes, and 99.8 percent of these fake goods were seized en route to export markets.

Gong Zheng, deputy director of the GAC, said China still faced mounting challenges on IPR protection in line with its booming foreign trade.

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