Supreme People's Procuratorate: Providing strong and effective support for the healthy development of new formats such as the digital economy and the "sharing economy."

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02/03/2026
Liu Taizong, the Deputy Director of the Intellectual Property Inspection Department of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said in response to questions from journalists that after the establishment of the Intellectual Property Inspection Department in 2025, efforts will be made to achieve a balance between protecting intellectual property rights and consumer interests, and serving innovation development while safeguarding people's livelihood and interests. First, cracking down on crimes of infringement and counterfeiting in accordance with the law. Second, strengthening protection in emerging areas related to people's livelihood. Focus will be on emerging areas such as community group buying, online e-commerce, live-streaming e-commerce, digital copyright, as well as cultural and creative products, "script killing" and other new types of works, intensifying judicial protection to effectively serve the healthy development of digital economy and new formats such as "grain economy". Third, enhancing the quality and efficiency of protection through comprehensive performance. For crimes of producing and selling fake and inferior food and drugs that harm public interests, criminal and subsequent civil public interest litigation will be filed in accordance with the law.