China's General Administration of Press and Publication has punished fourteen companies that were involved in illegally duplicating disks.

Of the fourteen, six have had their business licenses revoked and eight have been ordered to cease production of the disks.

The six enterprises who have lost their business licenses include Chongqing Three Gorges Disk Development Co., Ltd; Henan Xianda Disk Co., Ltd; Shandou Nanmei Electronic Industry Co., Ltd; and Anyang Fengjin Multi-media Technology Co., Ltd.

The eight companies who have been told to stop manufacturing the bootleg disks include Guangzhou Huanyu Audio and Video Company and Beijing Dabaike Disk Co., Ltd.

GAPP says it has checked 48 disk manufacturers in 18 provinces and cities of the country since January this year.

A representative from GAPP says that they will continue to keep an eye on the existing problems of the disk reproduction industry and conduct further investigations on the above mentioned enterprises.