The year of 2004 is the first year for EPC (Electronic Product Code) entering China. EPC brings the new opportunity for RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Hardware) technology and boundless imagining space and market chance, and provides an open platform for global logistics development. China EPC Working Group organized the first Chinese EPC forum on April 22~(nd), 2004. After June of last year, there were almost 2 or 3 forums on EPC/RFID every month. Over ten ministries and commissions, such as Ministry of Information and Industry, Ministry of Science and Technology, have been paying much attention to the EPC development. International retailers, such as Wal-Mart, Metro, Tesco and DOD all support the development of EPC. Especially, Wal-Mart gave the mandate to it's first 100 suppliers, and all the goods shipped to Wal-Mart distributor center should be tagged since January 2005.
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