Beijing
Workers of the Communist Party of China (CPC) set fire to 1.06
million pirated audio/video products, alongside other illegal
publications in the suburbs of Lanzhou, the provincial capital,
Saturday.
The torching of the contraband was part of a nationwide action
Saturday following an order given by Li Xiaojie, chief of publicity
department of Gansu Provincial Committee of the CPC to culminate
China's spring campaign designed to clean up pornography and crack
down on illegal publications in the country.
Altogether 42 million pieces of audio/video discs, and illegal
publications were destroyed in the country's 31 provinces,
autonomous regions and municipalities Saturday morning, according to
Long Xinmin, chief of the State Press and Publication
Administration.
"Through the act of destruction, we wish to show to the world the
firm determination of the Chinese government in protecting
intellectual property and being firm against any infringement of
intellectual property rights and piracy, and to improve the
awareness of the general public in fighting against pornography and
illegal publications," said Long at a special function organised
here to mark the start of the action.
Long also serves as chief of China National Copyright
Administration.
Jiang Zengwei, vice minister of commerce and also head of the state
working group for intellectual property protection, said China had
been making persistent efforts to protect IPR to meet the needs for
its own development rather than from pressure from abroad.
Out of the massive number of illegal publications destroyed
Saturday, smuggled and pirated audio/video, software, electronic
publications made up 30 million, and pirated and illegally published
books and magazines totalled 11 million.
One quarter of the illegal publications destroyed took place in
Guangdong province, one of the country's economic powerhouses.
Law enforcement officers used shredding machines or mullers to
destroy 10 million pirated discs and 500,000 copies of illegal
publications at a ceremony held at the new gym situated in Baiyuan
District of Guangzhou, the provincial capital.
Officials of the leading group for cleaning up pornography and
fighting illegal publications of Guangdong province disclosed that
they confiscated 18.76 million pieces of illegal publications and
detained 26 people since the last quarter of 2006.
Law enforcement officers also destroyed 1.03 million more items of
pirated audio/video discs, and illegal publications in Tianjin,
Liaoning and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the same day.
In the first three months of 2007, China seized 36.11 million items
of illegal publications, according to information given by the
National Office for Cleaning Up Pornography and Fighting Illegal
Publications.
During the same period, the law enforcement officers shut down 8,385
shops and business outlets, and closed 220 publishing and printing
ventures that had violated IPR regulations, and 58 illegal websites.
Altogether 53 criminal cases were investigated during the spring
campaign to crack down on IPR piracy or infringement across the
country, and 91 people were given criminal punishments accordingly,
said the national office.
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