On October, 31, it was learned from relevant departments of the Supreme People's Procuratorate that Chinese national Procuratorate approved to arrest in total 12,782 suspects involved in 6959 cases of IPR infringement and counterfeiting crimes from January to September this year, with the year-on-year increase of 44% and 46% respectively; and initiated public prosecution cases of 10,693 involving 18,696 suspects, with the year-on-year increase of 167.5% and 150.3% respectively; at the same time, 146 major cases were listed on supervision board.

The severity of IPR Infringement and counterfeiting crimes relates to dereliction of duty and favoritism of some of the staff of state institutions. In response to this situation, Procuratorate attached particular importance to the investigation and handling of related duty crimes. From January to September this year, China's Procuratorate according to law decided to arrest 9 suspects indulging production and sales of fake and shoddy goods and initiated prosecution against 23 persons. China's national Procuratorate decided to arrest 17 people and prosecute 64 suspects suspected for crime of not transferred criminal case involving practice of favoritism; and decided to arrest 86 persons and prosecute 163 suspects suspected for helping criminals to avoid punishment, among them, infringement and counterfeiting accounted for a considerable proportion.

The person in charge of Investigation and Supervision Office of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of PRC said that China is in rapid development stage of economy and intellectual property legal system and working mechanism needs to be further improved. Procuratorate will further establish and consummate working mechanism and take great efforts to bring criminal justice for IPR protection to a new level.