Chinese Customs authorities stepped up their efforts in intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection by launching a five-month nationwide campaign on October 1.

The campaign named "Dragon Boat" was the largest IPR protection effort by Customs agencies in recent years, according to the General Administration of Customs.

Customs across the country uncovered some 433 cases of IPR infringement, or about 14 cases a day, in only one month after the action began, an increase of 57 percent from a year earlier.

The campaign mainly targets IPR-infringing products exported through shipping channels and the mail to the United States, the European Union, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates.

Last month, Customs authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou uncovered 23 infringement cases and seized 32,800 fake Louis Vuitton, Nokia and Adidas products.

On November 5, a man was detained at Beijing Capital International Airport after he was found with nearly 2,000 counterfeit wristwatches bearing Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and Rolex trademarks.

"Since its WTO entry, China has made tremendous progress in IPR protection," says Zhang Hanlin, president of the WTO Research Institute under the Univer

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