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Jiangsu was China’s province with the highest GNP per capita in 2011: 61,649 Yuan. This means that a greater group of people might have become interested in luxury goods, such as cosmetics and jewelry. One of the top ten IPR cases in Jiangsu in 2011 according to Zhu Yu, secretary of the Jiangsu People’s Government Provincial Intellectual Property Office was the seizure of 43 outbound EMS parcels by the Nanjing Customs…Read more in Chinese here.
On the evening of January 28, 2011, officers of the Nanjing Customs seized parcels which included lipstick, face cream, eyebrow pencil, eyelash curler, eyeliner gel, blush, powder, eye shadow, eyeliner, mascara, eye shadow sets, makeup kits, brushes, bracelets, necklaces, pendants and other kinds of cosmetics, makeup tools and jewelry totaling more than 60 brands, valued more than 130 million yuan. In view of the large value of the case, the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Bureau has decided to prosecute the case (criminal case).
Brands included: MAC Cosmetics; Louis Vuitton; Tiffany & Co.; Swarovski; Chanel; Estée Lauder; Christian Dior; Giorgio Armani; Bobbi Brown; Lancôme; Guerlain; Helena Rubinstein and; Shiseido.