China destroyed nearly 13 million pirated CDs, DVDs and computer
software on Saturday as part of a 100-day intensive crackdown on
piracy, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
The illegal products were confiscated nationwide, with six
million from Guangdong, one million from Beijing, 1.88 million from
Sichuan, 600,000 from Liaoning, 500,000 from Jiangsu, 750,000 from
Fujian, 300,000 from Shandong and 230,000 from Henan, the ministry
said.
The 100-day campaign started on July 25 and is said to be
unprecedented in terms of its duration and number of government
departments involved.
Police and copyright officials have raided more than 537,000
publication markets, shops, street vendors and distribution
companies, and closed down 8,907 shops and street vendors, 481
publishing companies and 942 illegal websites in two months.
Local police in southeast China's Guangdong Province alone had
uncovered four major illegal CD and DVD production lines since the
beginning of this month. And altogether ten illegal production
lines have been busted nationwide this year, the ministry said.
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(Xinhua News Agency September 16, 2006)
