On June 3, the National Office for Combating Pornographic and Illegal Publications awarded informers pivotal in bringing down a book-piracy ring in Changsha. Jiang Jianguo, Vice Minister of the General Administration of Press and Publication and Deputy Director for the above-mentioned Office handed 130,000 yuan, largest amount for informers in history, to  informers.

After receiving tips on pirated books on October 21, 2010 and January 10, 2011 and validating them, the Office, jointly with its Hunan counterpart, Changsha Culture Administration and Changsha Police, seized 166 varieties of 450,000 copies of pirated books, 600,000+ laser holographic anti-counterfeit labels, 163 book films for printing with a total proceeds amounting to 13 million yuan. 

(China IP News)