China strengthens crackdown on epidemic-related IPR crimes
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Workers make masks at a medical technology company in Binzhou High-tech Industry Development Zone in Binzhou City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 8, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)

BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese prosecutors have intensified crackdown on epidemic-related crimes of various types, including intellectual property right (IPR) infringement, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) on Saturday.

The SPP said that procuratorial organs gave full play to their procuratorial functions to effectively protect the interests of IPR holders.

More than 85 percent of the epidemic-related IPR infringement cases involve counterfeit and substandard masks, said Zheng Xinjian, a prosecutor with the SPP.

Chinese authorities issued a guideline in February, making clear that the production and sale of fake products should be the focus of a national crackdown.