In the first half of this year, China made progress in the nationwide anti-piracy campaign which was jointly launched by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), Ministry of Railways, General Administration of Customs (GAC), State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC), General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP), Ministry of Culture (MOC) and Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and other departments.
According to statistics, in the first six months, over 46 million illegal newspapers and periodicals were confiscated and 12,838 cases were investigated.