This paper gives a brief introduction to the application and development of RFID technology in China. It attempts to cover more areas rather than a deep analysis in any one area. The contents will be updated and enriched regularly by the Auto-ID Center China with the expanding application of RFID technology in China. The paper includes five parts. The first part gives an introduction on the application area of RFID technology and some examples will also be introduced. The second part illustrates the supply chain of RFID products, which include tags and readers. The third part introduces the RFID standards being drafted and proposed. In the forth part, a special interest group for the adoption of Auto-ID technology is introduced. In the final part, a survey result of RFID technology to potential clients is summarized.
After a trademark dispute, the EPC Prototyping Platform is now called "Fosstrak" (previously Accada). Fosstrak stands for "free and open source software for track and trace".