China Releases Status of Intellectual Property Protection in China Customs in 2024

On April 23, 2025, China’s General Administration of Customs released Status of Intellectual Property Protection in China Customs in 2024 (2024年中国海关知识产权保护状况) providing statistics on the detainment of good (both import and export) for infringing intellectual property rights. A total of 53,200 intellectual property protection measures were implemented throughout 2024, and 41,600 batches and 81,605,100 items of suspected infringing goods were actually detained, representing a plateau in growth. The full report is currently only available in Chinese, but a summary can be found here.