RFID World China Releases National Top 10 Lists

This article was originally published by RFID Update.

February 1, 2008—RFID World China has released four top-10 rankings related to Chinese RFID adoption in 2007: the top ten RFID industry vendors in China, the top ten applications, the top ten events, and the top ten products. The results were selected over a 20-day voting period from hundreds of applicants, with the “aim 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.” For those unfamiliar with the Chinese market, the rankings provide a snapshot of some of the most important players, developments, and deployments. Note that RFID World China is unrelated to CMP Media’s annual RFID World event in North America.

Recall that China represented the world largest RFID market in 2007, thanks to the national ID card program (see IDTechEx: China is Largest RFID Market in 2007). That program will see less spending going forward, but research firm IDTechEx remains bullish on the nation’s market, noting recently, “There are a vast number of new RFID projects in China that will take up the slack now that the glory days of the national ID card are over.” (See Highlights from IDTechEx’s Review of RFID in 2007.)

Following are the rankings:

Top 10 Chinese RFID Industry Vendors in 2007

1. Invengo
2. Fudan Microelectronics
3. Sense Technology
4. Aerospace Golden Card
5. Tsinghua Tongfang
6. Belling
7. ASK-TongFang
8. Raifu Intelligent
9. Quanray Electronics
10. Cantechs

Top 10 Chinese RFID Industry Applications in 2007

1. The national ID card program
2. The National Railcars automatic identification project
3. RFID in 2007 Special Olympics International
4. Guangshen Railway adopts RFID tickets
5. RFID tags installed on more than four million containers carrying dangerous chemicals in Shanghai
6. Beijing Capital Airport completes the implementation of an RFID baggage system
7. Millions of buses in Beijing use an RFID system to detect and control the amount of exhaust
8. RFID application in ShenZhen Library
9. RFID in China’s armed police annual vehicle examination
10. RFID application for logistics between Guangdong and Hong Kong

Top 10 Chinese RFID Industry Events in 2007

1. RFID tickets of Beijing 2008 Olympics are on sale
2. The release of regulations for UHF 800/900 MHz RFID
3. Invengo went public
4. National 11th five-year plan for food and medicine layout for RFID adoption
5. The National Railcars automatic identification project
6. Guangshen Railway adopts RFID tickets
7. 72 commissioners of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference appeal to save national RFID tag standards
8. Beijing Capital Airport completes the implementation of the RFID baggage system
9. RFID in 2007 Special Olympics International
10. Shanghai Tobacco Logistics use RFID for identification

Top 10 Chinese RFID Industry Products in 2007

1. SMAP Smart Mobile Application Platform
2. S1853 Industrial UHF RFID/2D Bar Code Handheld Reader
3. BL75R04 2Kbit RFID Tag (IEC15693)
4. RFID Smart Library System
5. 2.4 GHz Active RFID Tag and Reader
6. XCTF-5013 Tray Tag
7. Reva Systems’ RFID Network Infrastructure
8. High-Performance Automatic RFID Label Converter
9. Anti-counterfeit RFID tag
10. QR2233-CD UHF RFID Chip