RFID in China 2008-2018

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

• 1.1. RFID
• 1.2. The RFID value chain
• 1.3. Where tags are placed
• 1.4. The RFID market in China
• 1.5. Market Drivers and Barricades
  • 1.5.1. Government Initiatives
  • 1.5.2. Industrial Initiatives
  • 1.5.3. Main barriers
  • 1.5.4. Mandates
• 1.6. Standard and Frequency Allocation
• 1.7. Industry
  • 1.7.1. Regions and Local Suppliers
  • 1.7.2. Market Segments by Frequencies
  • 1.7.3. Most Developed Application Sectors
  • 1.7.4. Highly Potential Application Sectors
  • 1.7.5. Timeline
• 1.8. The IDTechEx Knowledgebase
• 1.9. Global RFID Ultimate potential
  • 1.9.1. Potential for different applications

2. PROGRESS BY APPLICATIONAL SECTOR

• 2.1. Largest RFID Orders in China
  • 2.1.1. Largest RFID Orders in China to date
  • 2.1.2. Imminent Largest RFID Orders in China (IDTechEx estimate)
  • 2.1.3. Ultimate Largest RFID Orders in China (IDTechEx estimate)
• 2.2. Airlines and airports
• 2.3. Animals and Farming
  • 2.3.1. Animal Tagging
  • 2.3.2. Food Safety
• 2.4. Books, Libraries, Archiving
• 2.5. Financial, Security, Safety
  • 2.5.1. Financial cards
  • 2.5.2. City Cards
  • 2.5.3. Secure access
  • 2.5.4. ID Cards
  • 2.5.5. Major Events
  • 2.5.6. Student Cards
  • 2.5.7. Tracking Coal Miners and Prisoners
  • 2.5.8. Dangerous item management
• 2.6. Healthcare
• 2.7. Land and Sea Logistics, Postal
  • 2.7.1. Postal
  • 2.7.2. Warehouse Management
  • 2.7.3. Container Tracking
• 2.8. Leisure, Sports
• 2.9. Manufacturing
  • 2.9.1. Apparel
  • 2.9.2. Appliances
  • 2.9.3. Automotive
  • 2.9.4. Containers and Ships
  • 2.9.5. Steel, Mining, Construction
  • 2.9.6. Computer and Electronic Products
• 2.10. Military
• 2.11. Passenger Transport, Automotive
  • 2.11.1. Public Transit Cards
  • 2.11.2. Road Tolling
  • 2.11.3. Rail Tickets
  • 2.11.4. Train Tracking
  • 2.11.5. Vehicle Identification and Tracking
• 2.12. Retail, Consumer Goods
  • 2.12.1. Supply Chain Management
  • 2.12.2. Customer Service
  • 2.12.3. Anti-counterfeiting
  • 2.12.4. Retailer Mandates - review at end of 2007

3. LOCAL RFID SUPPLIERS

• 3.1. Region Overview
  • 3.1.1. Yangtze River Delta (YRD)
  • 3.1.2. Pearl River Delta (PRD)
  • 3.1.3. Beijing
• 3.2. Major RFID Operations in China
  • 3.2.1. Largest RFID Operations in China and Their Global Position
  • 3.2.2. Major RFID Operations in China categorised by functions and frequencies
• 3.3. Yangtze River Delta Region
  • 3.3.1. National RFID Industrial Base
  • 3.3.2. Huahong Group
  • 3.3.3. Shanghai Huahong NEC
  • 3.3.4. Shanghai Huahong Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
  • 3.3.5. Shanghai Belling
  • 3.3.6. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC)
  • 3.3.7. Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Co Ltd.
  • 3.3.8. Shanghai HSIC Application System Co Ltd.
  • 3.3.9. Shanghai Shenbo Intelligent ID Technology Co Ltd.
  • 3.3.10. Shanghai Refine Information Technologies
  • 3.3.11. Shanghai Super Electronic Technology Co. Ltd.
  • 3.3.12. Nanjing Sample Group
  • 3.3.13. Jiangsu Raifu Intelligent Tech Co Ltd.
  • 3.3.14. Shanghai RFID Intelligent Label System Technology Co
  • 3.3.15. Shanghai Global Intelligence Co., Ltd.
  • 3.3.16. Shanghai KTI Ltd.
  • 3.3.17. Shanghai Fizi RFID System Ltd.
  • 3.3.18. Hangzhou Enjoyor Electronics Co Ltd.
  • 3.3.19. Shanghai Huayuan Electronic Corp. Ltd.
  • 3.3.20. Shanghai Chinetek Corporation
  • 3.3.21. Shanghai Quanray Electronics Co Ltd.
  • 3.3.22. Shanghai CityID Co. Ltd.
  • 3.3.23. Wuxi Fofia Technology Co., Ltd.
  • 3.3.24. Shanghai HEADING Information Engineering Co.,Ltd.
• 3.4. Pearl River Delta Region
  • 3.4.1. Shenzhen Invengo Information Technology Co Ltd (Yuanwanggu)
  • 3.4.2. Sense Technology Co., Ltd.
  • 3.4.3. Eastcom Peace Smart Card Co Ltd.
  • 3.4.4. Guangdong Tecsun Science & Technology Co. Ltd.
  • 3.4.5. Shenzhen Hyan Microelectronic Co., Ltd.
  • 3.4.6. Zhongshan Dahua Intelligent Technology Company Ltd.
  • 3.4.7. Shenzhen Mingwah Aohan High Technology Corporation LTD.
  • 3.4.8. Shenzhen Seaever Enterprise Co Ltd
  • 3.4.9. Shenzhen Promatic
  • 3.4.10. Shenzhen Lantag Intelligence Identification Systems Co Ltd.
  • 3.4.11. Guangzhou XinTag Electronics Science and Technology Co. Ltd.
  • 3.4.12. Guangzhou Best Technology Holding Co Ltd
  • 3.4.13. Guangzhou Longsun Network Technology Co.
  • 3.4.14. Shenzhen Able Electronics Co Ltd.
  • 3.4.15. Shenzhen Ket Industrial Co. Ltd.
  • 3.4.16. Shenzhen Winteen Industry Co Ltd.
  • 3.4.17. Guangdong Jinxiang Golden Card Co Ltd
  • 3.4.18. Supply Chain and Logistics Technology Holdings Ltd.
  • 3.4.19. Guangzhou Bonny AIT Co., Ltd
  • 3.4.20. Semtech RFID Ltd
  • 3.4.21. Shenzhen Century Tide Smart Technology Co Ltd
  • 3.4.22. Guangzhou Lenx Automatic Identification Technology Co Ltd.
  • 3.4.23. Guangzhou Honglimaowu Info Tech Co Ltd / Guangzhou Dahua Intelligence Tech Co Ltd.
  • 3.4.24. RFID System and Supplies Ltd
  • 3.4.25. Shenzhen Advanced Identification Technology Ltd. (AIT)
  • 3.4.26. Shenzhen RDM Tag Master Co., LTD.
  • 3.4.27. Shenzhen FTRD Industry Co.,Ltd
  • 3.4.28. GoldU Technologies & Trading Co., Ltd.
  • 3.4.29. ELID (GZ) Electronics & Information Technology Ltd.
  • 3.4.30. Guangzhou VAS Technology Co Ltd
  • 3.4.31. Shenzhen HQS Intelligence & Technology Co Ltd.
  • 3.4.32. Shenzhen SeaTech Smart Technology Co., Ltd
  • 3.4.33. Shenzhen Eway Technology
  • 3.4.34. Shenzhen Hombus Tech Co Ltd.
  • 3.4.35. Guangzhou Yaxin Smart Card System Co Ltd.
  • 3.4.36. Eastriver Smart Card System Co Ltd.
• 3.5. Beijing Region
  • 3.5.1. Datang Microelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
  • 3.5.2. CEC Huada Electronic Design Co Ltd
  • 3.5.3. Beijing Tongfang Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
  • 3.5.4. Watchdata Technologies
  • 3.5.5. Beijing Vision Electronic Technology Co.,Ltd.
  • 3.5.6. Aerospace Golden Card Co.
  • 3.5.7. Cantechs Technology Co Ltd
  • 3.5.8. Sparkice Inc
  • 3.5.9. Beijing Huahong IC Design Co., Ltd.
  • 3.5.10. Beijing JTV Science & Technology Development Co. Ltd.
  • 3.5.11. Concord Unity International Ltd
  • 3.5.12. Beijing CVIC Intelligent Technology Co.,Ltd.
  • 3.5.13. Beijing CLTC Co Ltd
  • 3.5.14. Beijing Winson Smart Labels Technology Research Centre
  • 3.5.15. Beijing Futianda Technology Ltd.
  • 3.5.16. Acctrue Technology Co Ltd.
  • 3.5.17. InterComm Technology Ltd.
• 3.6. Other Regions
  • 3.6.1. Codetag-Xinda Huicong Technology Co
  • 3.6.2. Tianjin Global Magnetic Card Co Ltd.
  • 3.6.3. Shandong Aluminium Electronic Technology Co Ltd.
  • 3.6.4. Shandong Huaguan Smart Card Co Ltd.
  • 3.6.5. Harbin Synjones Group
  • 3.6.6. Wuhan Public Electronic Project Co Ltd.
  • 3.6.7. Wuhan IDTech Development Co Ltd.

4. FOREIGN RFID SUPPLIERS WITH SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN CHINA

• 4.1. Avery Dennison
• 4.2. NXP Semiconductors (Formerly Philips)
• 4.3. Savi Technology
• 4.4. ASK TongFang
• 4.5. Giesecke & Devrient

5. CASE STUDIES OF RFID IN CHINA

• 5.1. Airlines and airports
  • 5.1.1. Airports in Mainland China, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Baggage Tracking
  • 5.1.2. Hong Kong International Airport, Baggage Tracking
  • 5.1.3. Hong Kong International Airport, Food Trolleys
  • 5.1.4. Beijing Airport Logistics Park, Air Cargo
• 5.2. Animals and Farming
  • 5.2.1. Poultry Monitoring
  • 5.2.2. Pig Tracking
  • 5.2.3. Pet Management, Guangdong, Shanghai
  • 5.2.4. Tagging Pandas in Captivity
  • 5.2.5. China Meat Research Center
  • 5.2.6. 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Food Tracking
• 5.3. Books, Libraries, Archiving
  • 5.3.1. Shenzhen Library
  • 5.3.2. Jimei University Library, Xiamen
• 5.4. Financial, Security, Safety
  • 5.4.1. China National ID Card
  • 5.4.2. Ministry of Communication, Transportation Certificate
  • 5.4.3. Ministry of Education, Student Discount Cards for Train Tickets
  • 5.4.4. Campus Cards
  • 5.4.5. Chinese Communist Party Congress
  • 5.4.6. Jiangsu Longton Jail
  • 5.4.7. Guizhou Coal Mines
  • 5.4.8. Gas Cylinders - Item Level Tagging
  • 5.4.9. Fireworks and Firecrackers - Case Level Tagging, Shanghai
  • 5.4.10. IPPC Stamps on Wood Packaging - Anti-counterfeiting
  • 5.4.11. UnionPay, NFC Phones
  • 5.4.12. SIMpass mobile phone contactless payment
• 5.5. Healthcare
  • 5.5.1. Blood Bag Tracking
  • 5.5.2. Baby Tracking
  • 5.5.3. Medical Asset Tracking
  • 5.5.4. Medical Waste Management
• 5.6. Land and Sea Logistics, Postal
  • 5.6.1. China Post
  • 5.6.2. METRO Group Buying Hong Kong, Container Tracking
  • 5.6.3. Warehouse management, Baisha, Shenzhen
  • 5.6.4. Shanghai Port - Yantai Port Pilot, Container Tracking
  • 5.6.5. Shanghai International Port, Container Tracking
  • 5.6.6. P G Logistics Group, Item Level
• 5.7. Leisure, sports
  • 5.7.1. 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing
  • 5.7.2. 2005 ATP Shanghai Master Cup Tennis
  • 5.7.3. 2005 Luciano Pavarotti Farewell Concert, Beijing
  • 5.7.4. 2007 Special Olympic Games, Shanghai
  • 5.7.5. 2010 Asian Games, Guangzhou
  • 5.7.6. 2010 World Expo, Shanghai
  • 5.7.7. Attractions
  • 5.7.8. Marathons, tagging runners
  • 5.7.9. RFID Casino Chips, Crown Macau Casino
• 5.8. Manufacturing
  • 5.8.1. China International Marine Containers Group, Yard Management
  • 5.8.2. Haier Group, Production Process Control
  • 5.8.3. Esquel, Cotton Tracking, Hong Kong
  • 5.8.4. Novetex Spinners Limited, Pallets and Cases
  • 5.8.5. Automotive Manufacturers, Vehicles and Parts Item Level
  • 5.8.6. Boeing - Parts, Tools & Instruments - Item Level
  • 5.8.7. Proview, Shenzhen
  • 5.8.8. Dell Computer, Xiamen
  • 5.8.9. VTech
  • 5.8.10. Philips, Wafer Cases
  • 5.8.11. Wuhan Steel Plant
  • 5.8.12. Yanzhou Mining Group, Vehicle Tracking
  • 5.8.13. Hong Kong MTRC, Stonework Item Level
• 5.9. Military
  • 5.9.1. People' s Liberation Army, Vehicle Plates
  • 5.9.2. Armed Police Force, Vehicle Plates
  • 5.9.3. People' s Liberation Army, Asset Management
• 5.10. Passenger Transport, Automotive
  • 5.10.1. Beijing, Contactless Transit Ticketing
  • 5.10.2. GuangZhou Transport Card
  • 5.10.3. Hong Kong Octopus Financial/ Transport Card
  • 5.10.4. Nanjing Mass Transit Payment Cards
  • 5.10.5. Shanghai Public Transportation Card
  • 5.10.6. Shenzhen, Transit Cards
  • 5.10.7. Beijing, Electronic Toll Collection
  • 5.10.8. Chengdu International Airport Highway, Vehicle Non-stop Road Tolling
  • 5.10.9. Chengdu Pengzhou Highway, Non-stop Tolling
  • 5.10.10. Foshan City, Toll Collection
  • 5.10.11. Guangdong Province, Unitoll Card, Non-stop Tolling
  • 5.10.12. Wuhan City, Toll Collection / Traffic Monitoring
  • 5.10.13. Other Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) Projects
  • 5.10.14. Electronic Vehicle Identification (EVI) Project
  • 5.10.15. Rizhao Port, Vehicle Management
  • 5.10.16. China Customs, Vehicle Management
  • 5.10.17. Shanghai, Tracking Buses
  • 5.10.18. Taxis, Shenyang Municipal Transportation Bureau, and Shanghai
  • 5.10.19. Hangzhou City, Traffic Control
  • 5.10.20. Guang-Shen Railway, ticketing cards
  • 5.10.21. Shanghai, Tracking Trains
  • 5.10.22. ATIS, Ministry of Railways, Train Identification
  • 5.10.23. Train, Guangdong Railway Bureau
• 5.11. Retail, Consumer Goods
  • 5.11.1. Bailian Group, Pallet-level, Warehouse Management
  • 5.11.2. Shanghai White Cat Co., Supply Chain Management
  • 5.11.3. Kedi Convenience Store Chain, Food Tray Management
  • 5.11.4. Sungod Enterprise Group Co Ltd, cashmere sweaters, Case Level
  • 5.11.5. Hong Kong Apparel
  • 5.11.6. National Tobacco #1 Project
  • 5.11.7. Kweichow Moutai Spirit, Anti-counterfeiting Labels, Item Level
  • 5.11.8. Shanghai, Condom Vending Machine
  • 5.11.9. Shanghai Women Merchandise Store, Personalised Customer Service
  • 5.11.10. South China Mall Shenzhen Future Shop, Item Level

6. CHINA RFID MARKET 2008-2018

• 6.1. Rise of the Chinese market
• 6.2. Projected sales of RFID tags by territory
• 6.3. Tags by application
  • 6.3.2. Increasing importance of the East Asian market
• 6.4. Number of RFID projects by country
• 6.5. Analysis of IDTechEx Knowledgebase case studies in China
  • 6.5.1. Tag location
  • 6.5.2. Project status
  • 6.5.3. Active/Passive
  • 6.5.4. Frequency band
  • 6.5.5. Read/Write
  • 6.5.6. Applications
  • 6.5.7. Tag shape
• 6.6. Chinese use of RFID in the global context

APPENDIX 1: IDTECHEX PUBLICATIONS AND CONSULTANCY

APPENDIX 2: GLOSSARY

• 1.1. Where RFID tags are placed - categories used
• 1.2. The approved usage of UHF band in China up to 2007
• 1.3. Comparison of UHF regulation in Europe, North America, and China
• 1.4. China' s currently frequency allocation for RFID usage
• 1.5. Major Applications by Frequencies
• 1.6. Largest HF (cards and labels), UHF, and Microwave Orders to date in China
• 2.1. Largest RFID deliveries in China to date (by tag volume)
• 2.2. Potential imminent large RFID orders in China (by tag volume)
• 2.3. Ultimate large RFID orders in China (by tag volume)
• 2.4. Leading live pig suppliers in China (with ongoing RFID pilots highlighted)
• 2.5. Links between RFID utilisation and IT budgets in Chinese hospitals
• 2.6. Links between IT budget and hospital type, and location in China (with potential RFID users highlighted)
• 2.7. Regions with highest investment on information technology in hospitals (with potential RFID users highlighted)
• 2.8. Top 6 Car Manufacturing Countries in the world (2006)
• 2.9. Top 7 car manufacturers in China (sales in 2006), with ongoing RFID practice highlighted
• 2.10. Largest motorbike manufacturers in China (sales in 2006), with ongoing RFID practice highlighted
• 2.11. Major tyre manufacturers' presence in China
• 2.12. Chinese container manufacturers' market share in global container market (with ongoing RFID practice highlighted)
• 2.13. Global market leaders in ship building industry
• 2.14. Larger public transit cards
• 3.1. Major Economic Indicators for The Yangtze River Delta cities (2005)
• 3.2. Largest RFID Operations in China (sorted by sales revenue); with national ID card scheme contractors highlighted
• 3.3. Chinese RFID operations' positions in global league table (sorted by sales revenue)
• 3.4. Major Chinese RFID operations categorised by value chain positions and specialised frequencies
• 3.5. Fudan Microelectronics 2005-2006 Financial Report
• 5.1. Progress of Chinese national ID card issuing
• 5.2. List of RFID suppliers to Chinese national ID card scheme
• 5.3. Global market for China National ID cards 2008-2018
• 5.4. Characteristics of market for China ID card 2008-2018
• 5.5. Key components
• 5.6. Comparison of MTR' s new RFID process with the conventional manual approach
• 6.1. Total RFID Market Projections in US dollar billions 2008-2018
• 6.8. Number of RFID tags, in millions, sold in China by RFID application sector
• 6.9. Average price of RFID tags sold in China, by application sector, in US dollars
• 6.10. Total spend on RFID tags sold in China, by application sector, in millions of US dollars
• 6.11. Total RFID market value in China in millions of dollars
• 6.12. Major market drivers for RFID in China by applicational category 2008-2018

• 1.1. The RFID value chain
• 1.2. Number of case studies
• 2.1. EH0218 handheld contactless smart card reader from Shenzhen Smart Able
• 3.1. Huahong NEC' s first fab
• 3.2. Huahong NEC' s second fab
• 3.3. Shanghai Huahong Integrated Circuit Company is heavily exporting RFID cards and tickets
• 3.4. Raifu' s patented UHF interrogator for warehouse management, logistics, and production process control,
• 3.5. Raifu' s patented UHF interrogator for access control, production process control
• 3.6. Rio card with printed antenna
• 3.7. Hyan student rail discount labels with five turn antenna screen printed with silver ink.
• 3.8. Hyan Anti-conterfeit HF labels for Chinese car manufacturer, FAW Volkswagen
• 3.9. Longsun supplies Acitve RFID container e-seals to China Customs
• 3.10. The first RFID labels flip chip manufacturing device in China
• 3.11. 315MHz RFID tag and reader for mine safety
• 3.12. Guangzhou Honglimaowu Info Tech Co Ltd / Guangzhou Dahua Intelligence Tech Co Ltd is manufacturer of contactless smart cards, HF and UHF RFID labels
• 3.13. Vision Electronics is the market leader for interrogators for mining safety
• 3.14. ASGCC contactless smart cards interrogator for highway tolling
• 3.15. Cantechs' 20,000 sq metres auto-id research centre in Shenyang City
• 3.16. Beijing Winson Smart Labels Technology Research Centre specialises in passive RFID technology
• 3.17. Synjones contactless smart card interrogator
• 3.18. Synjones interrogator for national ID cards (handheld, floor, tabletop)
• 5.1. Shanghai Pudong Airport, luggage tagging pilot
• 5.2. RFID tag for poultry from Shanghai Shenbo
• 5.3. Sichuan pig tagging
• 5.4. The Chinese national ID card does not include a microprocessor for highest security
• 5.5. Student discount card for train tickets.
• 5.6. Mining safety would be one of the most likely application areas
• 5.7. Millions of the gas cylinders had been fitted with RFID labels by early 2007
• 5.8. IPPC Stamp
• 5.9. EPCglobal-compliant RFID system announced by China Post
• 5.10. System playing a key role in guaranteeing the safety of building projects
• 5.11. People' s Liberation Army, Vehicle Plates
• 5.12. RFID vehicle plates
• 5.13. ETC system at Beijing Airport Highway
• 5.14. Electronic toll collection system reduces congestion at busy toll booths
• 5.15. The TIRIS 915 MHz AVI system
• 5.16. Single-use RFID tickets per year each embedded with a contactless Mifare UltraLight chip
• 5.17. Locomotive tags and carriage tags
• 5.18. Tabletop and handheld reader
• 5.19. Antenna on rail.
• 5.20. Shipments are tagged in distribution centres
• 5.21. White Cat Co and Modern Logistics Co. jointly conducted a pilot to deploy RFID technology
• 5.22. Readers and tags
• 5.23. 200 RFID condom distribution machines appeared in Shanghai in November 2004
• 5.24. The mobile phone ' charm' and kiosk reader
• 5.25. Wincor Nixdorf trial in Germany
• 6.1. Top ten countries by number of case studies on the IDTechEx RFID Knowledgebase 2008
• 6.2. RFID Tag location in China
• 6.3. Project status in China
• 6.4. Active/Passive in China
• 6.5. Frequency band in China
• 6.6. Read/Write in China
• 6.7. Applications in China
• 6.8. Tag shape in China