China dealt with 111,300 cases involving fake or low-quality products in 2011, with the goods generating about 5.5 billion yuan (846 million U.S. dollars), according to the country's quality watchdog.
The authorities transferred 1,190 cases to the police, said Li Yuanping, spokesman of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.
There was an increase in the average amount involved per case, from 37,100 yuan in 2010 to 53,500 yuan in 2011. Among all investigated cases, 800 involved more than 150,000 yuan, up 40 percent from a year earlier, said Li.
Nearly half of the cases related to food, building materials and agricultural production, the spokesman said.
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