China's RFID market reached more than $500 million in 2007, growing over 50 percent in comparison of previous year; the trend is expected to continue for the next three years. According to IDTechEx, China has become the world's largest market for RFID by value, thanks to huge government spending on China's national ID card program and investments for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The release of regulations for UHF 800/900 RFID; the first RFID company went to public; the planning and establishment of RFID industrial parks in Dongguang, Fushan, Shenyang, Shandong and other cities, all these signs forecasts a brilliant perspective for RFID industry in China.
Dec 26, 2007, RFIDWorld China and RFID China Alliance launched a big, non-profit RFID event - 2007 China RFID Industry Annual Awards - to review and summarize the developments achieved in the past year and give RFID vendors who make a great contribution to the industry a chance to get recognition from the RFID community. Supported by China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, China Information Industry Trade Association, UID Center china, GD-HK RFID Alliance, RFID Shanghai Alliance, RFID Dongguang Alliance and other RFID organizations, as well as some of the most authoritative and popular IT medias, such as CCW World, IT Manager, ENET, and etc, the event is the first and the biggest of its kind, offering a comprehensive view of the current status of China's RFID Industry.
"It's the biggest and most authoritative voting, it will have a positive impact on RFID industry and consumer RFID education through encouraging RFID companies to participate, sharing their information and experiences," said Weiqi Yang, RFIDWorld China's president, "No other RFID industry event offers more learning, and makes available more resources for people who want to get an insight into RFID market in China".
The Awards fall into five categories: 2007 China RFID Industry Top 10 Applications - For real-world applications which show the greatest innovation in using RFID technology and set up an excellent example to follow; "2007 China RFID Industry Top 10 Vendors" - For vendors who has technical leadership in RFID and have significant impact on the industry; 2007 China RFID Industry Top 10 Products - For products which use innovative technology or make a breakthrough in its areas;
2007 China RFID Industry Top 10 Events - For applications which push ahead the progress of RFID development or speed up the widespread of RFID adoptions.This event is embraced by RFID manufacturers, system integrators, organizations and end uses, and attracts almost all well-known RFID vendors to participate. After a careful scrutiny, 37 RFID vendors, 25 applications, 32 events and 35 products were selected from hundreds of applicants as candidates.
The participated vendors are listed as follow: Fudan Microelectronics, Invengo, Belling, Aerospace Golden Card, Sense Technology, Super Ele&Tec, Quanray Electronics, Sinogistics, Kiloway, Codetag, Keystone Technology, Raifu Intelligent, Best Technology, CVIC Intelligent, ASK- TongFang, Haidali, Intcard, 30San, Spring Technology, Jie Xun, HIFA, Refine Technology, Sunrise-Tag Software, Hopela, BIS Group, Sunrise, DDCT Technology, Hyan Microelectronics, New Power Communication, Cantechs, Beijing Golden Spring, FUTIANDA and AIT.
The products submitted cover a wide range of frequencies (125KHz,
13.56MHz, 433 MHz, 915MHz, 2.45GHz), and include all kind of RFID products, such as RFID chip, label, reader, middleware, software, label converter, RFID tag testing device and RFID system.The events submitted list the major activities happened in the industry that influences the process of RFID development and promotion, such as government's new policies and measurements; new RFID technologies and innovative products. For examples, RFID tickets of Beijing 2008 Olympics are on sale; the release of regulations for UHF 800/900 RFID; Invengo goes to public; Beijing Capital Airport completes the implementation of RFID baggage system; Quanray Electronics releases the first EPC C1 Gen2 RFID chip in China; the emergence of NFC technology.
The applications submitted involve retail, Health Care, Pharmacy, Manufacturing, Transport, Logistics, Apparel & Footwear, Library, Defense, Animal, Cigarette and Airport. For examples, the national ID card program; the national railcars automatic identification project; RFID in 2007 Special Olympics International, Guang Zhen railway adopts RFID ticket; million of bus in Beijing use RFID system to detect and control the amount of exhaust gas; students in colleges and universities use RFID card to enjoy the discount of train ticket.
The awards will be determined by votes from Internet and a distinguished group of independent judges. The judges are all RFID experts and have many years of precious experience in RFID, leaded by: Dingyi Dai Vice President of China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing Qingyun Dai Vice Principal of Information Engineering College of Guangdong University of Technology Dalei Huang CTO of Cosco Network Shengli Lai Supervisor of Ph. D. candidate of South China University of Technology Ying Li President of GD-HK RFID Alliance Dong Wang General Secretary of ShangHai RFID Alliance Feng Wei Director of Ministry of Communication's Logistics & Transportation Center Junfang Zeng Deputy Director of Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences Shouqin Zhou Director of CIMC Smart and Security Research Center Ziwen Zhang President of ROSETTANE China
The Internet voting portal is
The awards will be announced on Jan 16, 2008, the result will be published on RFIDWorld China