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News Release from: The Profibus Group | Subject: Chinese Profibus Organization
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 December 2006
Profibus achieves standards status in
China
The Chinese Profibus Organization (CPO) and their umbrella organization PI (Profibus and Profinet International) are recording great success in standardising their technologies in China
The Chinese Profibus Organization (CPO) and their umbrella organization PI (Profibus and Profinet International) are recording great success in standardising their technologies in China Profibus has now become the first fieldbus to achieve China's highest possible national standard level (GB/T)
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 11 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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National regulations and standards play an important role in the Chinese market and the structure of Chinese standards is, therefore, complex.
Different sectors of industry have different sector standards; for example, JB is the sector standard for the machine-building industry.
Then there is also the generally binding GB/T national standard, which applies to the entire industry and is not sector-specific.
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A GB/Z, which is a non-binding, temporary recommendation similar to the IEC TR (Technical Report), is available for new technologies, and can be converted into a binding GB/T national standard after probation.
Profibus has now, after several years with the status JB/T (JB/T 10308.3-2001 and 2005), achieved the highest status of a GB/T (GB/T 20540.1-2006 - GB/T 20540.6-2006).
Profinet is being issued as a GB/Z by the Standardisation Administration of China (GB/Z 20541.1/2 -2006).
Profibus and Profinet are the leading communication systems in the Chinese automation market.
For both technologies the market shares are constantly growing.
The applications in which they are used cover a wide variety of industries: Profibus and Profinet are applied in China in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, beverage and tobacco industries, as well as in water and waste water, and the oil, gas and refining fields.
A PI Competence Centre and Test Laboratory was established in China and has been running since 2002.
Due to the Profibus growing success, a second PI Competence Centre has now been set up at the ITEI (Instrumentation Technology and Economy Institution) in Beijing, a test laboratory for fieldbus technologies authorized by the state.
The PI Competence Centres offer local support, advice and training, as well as development services related to Profibus.
The accredited test laboratory (PITL) in Beijing tests - along with test labs in Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and the USA - Profibus devices in accordance with the uniform and globally standardised test specifications of PI.
The successful efforts to standardise Profibus and Profinet, as well as the expansion of the regional Support Centre, will push the further rapid growth of these technologies in China.
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