China’s RFID Technology is in jeopardy and there is no positive indication of its quick revival. In comparison to other emerging super powers, the rate of adoption of this latest technology is quite discouraging in China. It is mainly due to apathy on the part of the policy makers of that country.
It is clearly noticeable in the ABI Research report which profoundly explains,
As the RFID standard issue enters a new stage aimed at speeding up the adoption of RFID tags globally, the Chinese government remains silent about where the national RFID standard is heading.
The national government is not co-operating the EPCglobal. How? Most of the China-made products are exported in the international market. So, its manufacturers must comply with client requests to use an international spec. EPCglobal Hong Kong started its EPCglobal Industry Support Program(EISP) to guide the manufacturers of China.
China is continuing its numbering system National Product Code which in fact is against the EPCglobal’s Electronic Product Code.
The Chinese government has published a whitepaper on RFID technology. Regrettably, the whitepaper does not give any account of the national standard.
, the report explains.More urgent problems are to decide how the government should cooperate or negotiate with EPCglobal; to establish policies to protect the development of the domestic RFID industry; and to secure the benefits of RFID for Chinese tag users in the coming RFID era
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