In 2008, China achieved significant progress in the national anti-piracy campaign, confiscating over 76 million pirated publications and investigating more than 12,000 piracy cases.
Among the seized publications, over 70 percent were pirated audio-visual products; others were pirated books, fake teaching materials, pirated software and pirated electronic publications.
During the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) and National Copyright Administration (NCA) strengthened copyright protection for the audio-visual products, intensified supervision on network broadcast and investigated some websites suspected of infringement, which was highly appraised by the International Olympic Committee and known as the "highest level of international anti-piracy work".
