20,000 counterfeit DVDS

The police in Siming district of Xiamen city recently detained three people selling pirated DVDs including a father and son surnamed Zou. Police first noticed the father selling discs every day at two different markets and arrested the two on July 25, seizing more than 600 counterfeit DVDs. They then raided a storehouse in Tongan district and found more than 20,000 pirated discs, which the suspects said were purchased in Guangdong province at 1.2 yuan ($0.19) each and sold for at least 3 yuan, according to local police. The Nanhai district government in Foshan is promoting invention patent applications from local companies to improve its poor ranking among the Pearl River Delta cities. According to the plan, the government will invest 10 million yuan every year to reward inventors and IP agencies. It is aiming for 50 percent annual growth in invention patent applications during the next three years.