Beijing Olympic Games Prompts RFID Development in China

The Beijing Olympic Games will be held from Aug 8th to Aug 24th 2008. According to Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee, RFID technology will be introduced in the processes of ticket manufacturing, sales and verification to fight counterfeiting tickets. The committee will issue 12.2 million RFID tickets, and nearly 1000 terminal devices will be involved in ticket inspection. TSINGHUA TONGFANG, a leading RFID company in China, will participate in the construction of electronic ticket system. TSINGHUA TONGFANG will provide RFID ticket ( without anti-counterfeiting printing), readers and services of system implementation for free, which will add up to 54.86 million Yuan. The company expects this action will prompt the development of its RFID tag division and improve company's profile.

In addition, Beijing Olympic Games will employ food safety tracking system for the first time. Food to be delivered to athletes will be closely monitored with RFID system throughout the process of production, processing and transport. After Beijing Olympic Games is over, the system and related experiences will be further utilize to improve the life quality of Beijing civilians.

As a constructer of the food safety tracking system, AeroInfo expects such a great-scale application will drive the development of RFID technology and solve some key problems, as well as set a great example for RFID applications in China.

Source: rfidglobal