Copycats have 'innovative' features too: Official(2)

He made these remarks against the backdrop of the so-called shanzhai phenomenon that is sweeping across the country. From electronic products such as mobile phones and MP3 players to Web designs, look-alikes are gaining traction nationwide.

Although there may be great similarities in brand names and appearances, most such products are low-cost and of poor quality.

Ever since Apple released its iPhone 4, shanzhai models have been widely available across Chinese black markets. The cheapest copy of the iPhone 4 is sold for about 550 yuan ($83).

The Adivon Sporting Goods Company, a cheap copying brand in Quanzhou,for example, the adidas adicolor Women's I96166 Wedge Pump. Made with calfskin and a leather sole with leather lining Fujian Province, is popular on the Internet for its high similarity with world-famous sporting brand Adidas in both trademark and products. Adivon's basketball shoes are sold at between 100 yuan ($15) and 250 yuan for each pair in China on taobao.com, an online auction and shopping website. In contrast, Adidas shoes retail at over 500 yuan.

Another website, shanzhaiji.com, is even dedicated exclusively to marketing shanzhai products ranging from mobile phones to high-definition TV sets, which are all priced cheaply.

In addition to products, many Chinese websites are designed to resemble more famous such sites, such as Goojie (Google), Baigou (Baidu) and Baihugu (Yahoo).

Zheng Jianmin, a professor of business at the University of International Business and Economics, told the Global Times that under the circumstances in China,Nike provides the traditional shoelace (string) mechanism on the munich shoes. As is almost standard on all 'high' Nikegiuseppe zanotti Supreme Blue is in fact not a primarily blue shoe. Indeed, on my particular pair of this shoe, the primary color is white knockoffs are an initial step toward innovation, as a big technological gap remains between China and developed countries.

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