Reporter 25 from the CAS Shenyang Institute of automation was informed that the LED research to develop oriented process automation of industrial wireless network WIA-PA technology standard, recently by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Europe for Electrotechnical Standardization Committee (CENELEC) combined voting, was officially adopted as the European standard.

"WIA-PA can become the European standard, broke the technical barriers in Europe, let China industrial wireless products got into the industrial wireless network for the European market admittance certificate, and reduces the production cost of Chinese enterprises, shorten the product development and certification at the time, the China industrial wireless products with foreign brands stand in the same starting line." the people in charge of the project, is a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang Institute of automation, Wei Liang said.

Technical standard has become to deal with technical barriers to trade the fundamental rules of the game, mastered the technology standards means that the grasp of the international market. "European industrial automation market competition is intense, own brand get together and access conditions for industrial wireless products are different and demanding. At the same time, Europe is also being developed on the coexistence of industrial wireless network in the other restrictive standards." Wei Liang said that impact on the local industry is not a European government welcomed, is still not strong enough Chinese brands in order to gain a firm foothold in this high-end market, will continue to face many challenges.

According to reports, Siemens, abb, E h and many other well-known automation companies, are currently in the development of industrial wireless network technology and standards and actively expand the market. "If there is no self owned technology and standard, only the price to win will lead to Chinese products more and more difficult to enter the European market." Wei Liang said that technical barriers to trade is usually refers to the importer to take mandatory and non mandatory technical standards, regulations and technology access requirements and limit his country's products to enter the market, with continued strong China's own technology and brand, the foreign technical barriers to trade will become more and more strict.

It is reported that the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization was established in the fifties of the 20th century, including members of the 31 European countries, aiming to specify conforms to the market requirements and in accordance with the unified standard of European regulations.