Cosmetology fraud to be severely punished

Efforts hoped to create more standards for quality, practices in growing market

The Supreme People's Procuratorate will recommend severe punishment for people involved in illegal medical cosmetology practices, and more attention will be paid to resolving public interest problems in the field to promote its healthy development, it said.

Since September, procuratorates nationwide have worked with market regulators and other departments to improve the medical cosmetology industry and crack down on illegal activities such as false advertising, unlicensed practices, production and sale of counterfeit products, trademark infringement, smuggling and price fraud.

Procuratorates have approved the arrest of 306 people over alleged criminal offenses, officially charged 381 people and filed 838 public interest litigation cases since September, according to the SPP. They have also issued 465 procuratorial suggestions to relevant administrative authorities to push forward the resolution of prominent problems in the industry that damage the public's rights and interests.