China confiscated 19.4 million illegal publications and criminally punished 103 people involved during the first three months of 2008.
The information was released by the National Office for Cleaning Up Pornography and Fighting Illegal Publications (NOCUPFIP) on Friday.
Among the illegal publications were 745,000 pornographic items. In addition, 17.758 million were pirated publications and 487,000 were illegal newspapers or periodicals, according to the office.
The confiscated pirated items included 12.94 million audio video products, 2.963 million books, 797,000 textbooks and 1.058 million software and electronic publications.
At the same time, seven illegal disc production lines were busted.
NOCUPFIP dispatched 725,000 people to inspect 151,000 publication markets, 288,000 shops and 88,000 printing and copying enterprises. They punished 17,000 shops, 1,303 printing and copying enterprises and 1,536 websites. In total, 9,729 shops, 284 printing and copying enterprises and 108 illegal websites were closed during the first three months.
The country dealt with 5,234 cases relating to illegal publications during the January-March period, including 5,137 administrative and 24 criminal cases.
A NOCUPFIP official said as the country would host the Beijing Olympic Games in a year that marked the 30th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up, illegal publications could spread in more hidden ways. For instance, illegal publications could be smuggled from overseas, carried in by passengers or printed at some underground printing factories.
Therefore, relevant departments should step up their crackdown efforts and make improvements in checking illegal publications, the official said.
Source:Xinhua
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