Analysis of RFID Adoption in China

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is an emerging technology for automatic data capturing, enabling real time information visibility. It promises great potentials in many industries to improve logistics operational efficiency, to help reduce inventory, and to automate asset/item track and trace, etc. The RFID adoption in China is a highly concerned topic as China has become a world manufacturing center. In this paper, we have presented an overview for China´s current RFID adoption status. Based on Rogers´s DOI theory, a methodology is developed for analyzing RFID adoption in China. With this methodology, China´s RFID adoption status is identified, and ways to speed up the rate of adoption are also suggested.