Cheap fake goods from China will soon be wiped out, the head of Chinese international trade said in Perth yesterday.

In a sign of the Chinese Government's intention to crack down on the black market, there were about 1 million people employed to remove fake goods from Chinese streets, according to the vice-chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Wang Jinzhen.

Louis Vuitton bags ... the fake is on the left. China is planning to wipe out its fake goods being produced. Credit:Jerry Galea

China is arguably the counterfeit capital of the world, attracting much criticism from high-profile designers and entrepreneurs for the proliferation of replica items as vast as t-shirts, CDs and DVDs, handbags and jewellery.

In response to a question from a delegate at the Commonwealth Business Forum yesterday, Mr Wang said the industry would soon die out in China as technology, equipment and economic prosperity improved.