摘要
The year of 2004 is the first year for EPC (Electronic Product Code) enteringChina. EPC brings the new opportunity for RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Hardware) technologyand boundless imagining space and market chance, and provides an open platform for global logisticsdevelopment. 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 tenministries and commissions, such as Ministry of Information and Industry, Ministry of Science andTechnology, have been paying much attention to the EPC development. International retailers, such asWal-Mart, Metro, Tesco and DOD all support the development of EPC. Especially, Wal-Mart gave themandate to it's first 100 suppliers, and all the goods shipped to Wal-Mart distributor center shouldbe tagged since January 2005.
