On 1-3 February 2010, a delegation of officials from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) visited London  on a study tour supported by IPR2 towards strengthening criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights in China. The delegates met with European IPR enforcement experts, police and industry as part of collaborating on advanced enforcement practices; and seeing how enforcement agencies and industry associations involved in anti-counterfeiting and piracy operate on the job.

The MPS delegation was led by Mr Liu Dong, Deputy Director-General of the Economic Crime Investigation Department of MPS, together with senior officials from Jiangsu Provincial Department of Public Security, Public Order Administration Department, and the Public Information Network Security Supervision Department.

The officials met with UK and international enforcement authorities - Detective Inspector Graham Mogg, Intelligence Co-ordinator for the UK IPO, Mr. John Newton, IPR Programme Manager at INTERPOL and Mr Kenneth Wright, Principal Advisor to the Danish Patent and Trademark Office to gain a better understanding of the UK’s IPR enforcement strategy; as well as Mr Jeremy Banks, Anti-Piracy Director of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and Mr Thanassis Zemberis, Senior Forensic Officer.