Companies that sell CD production equipment to Chinese companies
found of making pirated CDs will be registered and will not be
welcome in the Chinese CD industry, the State Press and Publication
Administration (SPPA) has warned.
"China encourages investment in CD production. We welcome companies
with good credit standings and advanced technology, but we oppose
and will do our utmost to crack down on the smuggling of CDs, CD
production lines and pirated CDs," said Wang Yanbin, a senior
official with the SPPA.
Over the past 10 years, the production and sale of illegal CDs has
become the biggest challenge to the development of China's CD
industry. China has seized 137 illegal CD production lines since
1994, and almost all the equipment involved came from overseas
companies.
Wang reiterated that the license system still prevails companies
producing both read-only CDs and blank CDs in China. All localities
and departments that apply for new CD production companies must get
the approval and business license from the SPPA. The customs will
allow the importation of production equipment according to the
SPPA's approval.
Without the due procedures, all CD production lines are illegal,
she said.
(Xinhua News
Agency August 28, 2002)
