Intellectual property cases reach new high

China's courts handled a record 152,072 intellectual property cases last year, with 70 percent of them heard in Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, along with Beijing and Shanghai municipalities.

"IP disputes in places where the economy is developing quickly have been booming," said Song Xiaoming, chief judge of the top court's tribunal that deals with IP matters.

To help people from home and abroad better understand intellectual property procedures in China, the top court has called on courts at every level to open their doors to public scrutiny.