China is expected to increase the ceiling of fines imposed on trademark infringement from half a million yuan ($78,800) to 1 million yuan, an official said on Monday.

Zhang Jianhua, an official with the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, said at a conference that legislators were planning to hand out heavier penalties in the latest revision to China's Trademark Law.

Repeated violations of the Trademark Law will attract a heavier punishment, Zhang said. He said trademark registrations will become more efficient under the latest amendment to the law.

(Source: China Daily)