To strengthen the application and development of fingerprint identification technology, the Beijing Super Tech Systems, Inc. and the US-based Secu Gen Fingerprint Technology Corp. signed a contract for technology cooperation Wednesday.

Fingerprints can provide unique and certain identification and the technology of fingerprint identification has become the most widely used method for bio-identification in the world.

The two companies will combine their technologies and work cooperatively on the collection, algorithm, and application of fingerprints, and will promote the development of fingerprint identification technology in China.

(Xinhua News Agency January 30, 2002)