BEIJING - China's top procuratorate has established a special procuratorial department dedicated to handling cases involving intellectual property rights (IPR) violations, underscoring its growing commitment to cracking down on such crimes.

The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) held a press conference on Wednesday to announce the launch of its new IPR procuratorial department. Previously, the SPP handled such cases through a special office.

On the same day, the SPP also released a white paper detailing its IPR-related procuratorial work over the past year.

According to the white paper, prosecutors across the country accepted and reviewed cases involving the arrest of 13,486 individuals for IPR-related offenses in 2024. They also handled prosecution cases involving 33,805 individuals on related charges.

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Of the prosecution cases accepted and reviewed, approximately 81 percent involved trademark infringement, the white paper stated.