September 10, 2007 - PLCopen awarded the first ‘PLCopen Certified Training Institute’ certificate in China to the University of Zhengzhou.
After the successful acceptance of the IEC 61131-3 standard first in Europe, and later in the US and Japan, PLCopen took the decision to include China, the country with the biggest potential for automation companies and the highest growth rates. To support this initiative, PLCopen set up a local office in Beijing in 2004, called PLCopen China. The office is located in Beijing at the Chinese organization CAMETA, who supports PLCopen China with people, knowledge and equipment. The chairman of PLCopen China is Professor Peng Yu, from Shanghai. Nowadays, PLCopen China has over 30 local members.
In order to increase the visibility of the IEC 61131-3 standard in China a Chinese website was created, and the IEC standard, documentation and training material were translated, and workshops and training programs started.
For this reason PLCopen is proud to announce the next step: acceptance within training courses. The School of Electrical & Information Engineering of the Zhengzhou University of Light Industry is the first institute in China that has been granted the PLCopen Certified Training Certification.
The Zhengzhou University of Light Industry is a member of PLCopen China. Zhengzhou is the capital of the province of Henan, in the middle of China, which is experiencing an economic development at high speed.
The certification is provided for the course IEC 61131-3 Concepts and Languages.
This training course was developed by Professor Yonghua Wang of the School of Electrical & Information Engineering, who created the laboratory of PLC Technology and Industrial Control Network in this school. Professor Yonghua Wang has 17 years of experience, including on IEC 61131-3.
