[general Administration of Customs: more than 20,000 applications for customs protection of intellectual property rights were examined and approved by enterprises last year] Faixu News Agency, April 26, Di Lianzhu, head of the General Operations Department of the General Administration of Customs, said that for the whole of 2022, the number of cases examined and approved by the General Administration of Customs exceeded 20,000 for the first time, an increase of 21 percent over the same period last year. Last year, 122 total guarantees for customs protection of intellectual property rights of enterprises were approved.