Recently, information released by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate showed that from January to November 2025, national procuratorial organs handled a total of 22,026 cases, including intellectual property criminal prosecution of 18,803 cases, civil supervision of 1,165 cases, administrative supervision of 1,516 cases, and public interest litigation of 542 cases.
From January to November 2025, national procuratorial organs accepted for review and prosecution 103 cases (involving 232 individuals) of trade secret infringement, and prosecuted 143 individuals. Among these, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate guided the Shanghai procuratorial organs in handling the Zunpai case involving infringement of Huawei HiSilicon’s chip technology trade secrets, which concerned domestic chip technology and involved an amount of 317 million yuan. The Shanghai procuratorial organs initiated public prosecution for the crime of infringing trade secrets, and all 14 defendants were sentenced to criminal penalties.
Simultaneously, procuratorial organs severely cracked down on commercial espionage crimes according to law. In the defendant Zhang’s case, who was prosecuted for illegally providing trade secrets to overseas entities, guided by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and handled by Zhejiang procuratorial organs, the defendant Zhang was an employee of a prominent domestic semiconductor company. After leaving the company, he violated confidentiality agreements and accepted commissions from overseas organizations and illegally disclosed the former company’s trade secrets. Following public prosecution by the procuratorial organs, he was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and fined.
In terms of comprehensive judicial protection of copyrights, procuratorial organs continuously strengthened protection efforts focusing on areas where infringement is common and frequent, such as educational supplementary books and film and television works, as well as digital works and cultural and creative products like computer software, online games, and cultural and creative merchandise. From January to November 2025, national procuratorial organs handled a total of 1,434 copyright-related cases of various types and prosecuted 1,795 individuals in 915 criminal cases of copyright infringement.
According to statistics, from January to November 2025, procuratorial organs prosecuted 64 criminal cases involving infringement of intellectual property rights related to cultural and creative products, including 20 cases involving “Nezha” and 13 cases involving “Pop Mart”. (Feb. 24, 2026, Xinhuanet.com)
From January to November 2025, national procuratorial organs accepted for review and prosecution 103 cases (involving 232 individuals) of trade secret infringement, and prosecuted 143 individuals. Among these, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate guided the Shanghai procuratorial organs in handling the Zunpai case involving infringement of Huawei HiSilicon’s chip technology trade secrets, which concerned domestic chip technology and involved an amount of 317 million yuan. The Shanghai procuratorial organs initiated public prosecution for the crime of infringing trade secrets, and all 14 defendants were sentenced to criminal penalties.
Simultaneously, procuratorial organs severely cracked down on commercial espionage crimes according to law. In the defendant Zhang’s case, who was prosecuted for illegally providing trade secrets to overseas entities, guided by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and handled by Zhejiang procuratorial organs, the defendant Zhang was an employee of a prominent domestic semiconductor company. After leaving the company, he violated confidentiality agreements and accepted commissions from overseas organizations and illegally disclosed the former company’s trade secrets. Following public prosecution by the procuratorial organs, he was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and fined.
In terms of comprehensive judicial protection of copyrights, procuratorial organs continuously strengthened protection efforts focusing on areas where infringement is common and frequent, such as educational supplementary books and film and television works, as well as digital works and cultural and creative products like computer software, online games, and cultural and creative merchandise. From January to November 2025, national procuratorial organs handled a total of 1,434 copyright-related cases of various types and prosecuted 1,795 individuals in 915 criminal cases of copyright infringement.
According to statistics, from January to November 2025, procuratorial organs prosecuted 64 criminal cases involving infringement of intellectual property rights related to cultural and creative products, including 20 cases involving “Nezha” and 13 cases involving “Pop Mart”. (Feb. 24, 2026, Xinhuanet.com)