diff --git a/atest/jsonpreprocessor/test_jsonpreprocessor.py b/atest/jsonpreprocessor/test_jsonpreprocessor.py
index 2d3ca65c..6b6cd25f 100644
--- a/atest/jsonpreprocessor/test_jsonpreprocessor.py
+++ b/atest/jsonpreprocessor/test_jsonpreprocessor.py
@@ -358,4 +358,128 @@ def test_none_true_false_datatype(self):
         assert oJsonData['convert_true_to_string'] == '"True"'
         assert oJsonData['convert_false_to_string'] == '"False"'
         assert oJsonData['params']['global'] == JSONFORMAT_NONE_TRUE_FALSE['params']['global']
-        assert oJsonData['preprocessor']['definitions'] == JSONFORMAT_NONE_TRUE_FALSE['preprocessor']['definitions']
\ No newline at end of file
+        assert oJsonData['preprocessor']['definitions'] == JSONFORMAT_NONE_TRUE_FALSE['preprocessor']['definitions']
+
+class TestUTF8Encoding:
+
+    def test_utf8_encoding(self):
+        '''
+        Test utf-8 encoding
+        '''
+        sJsonfile = os.path.abspath("../testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format.json")
+        oJsonPreprocessor = CJsonPreprocessor(syntax="python")
+        oJsonData = oJsonPreprocessor.jsonLoad(sJsonfile)
+        assert oJsonData['German'] == "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest"
+        assert oJsonData['Vietnamese'] == "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['Japanese'] == "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです"
+        assert oJsonData['Hindi'] == "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है"
+        assert oJsonData['Thai'] == "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['Korean'] == "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다"
+        assert oJsonData['Chinese'] == "這是 UTF-8 自測"
+
+    def test_utf8_encoding_both_key_and_value(self):
+        '''
+        Test utf-8 encoding in both key and value in json configuration file.
+        '''
+        sJsonfile = os.path.abspath("../testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format_02.json")
+        oJsonPreprocessor = CJsonPreprocessor(syntax="python")
+        oJsonData = oJsonPreprocessor.jsonLoad(sJsonfile)
+        assert oJsonData['Tiếng Đức'] == "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest"
+        assert oJsonData['Tiếng Việt'] == "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['日本'] == "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです"
+        assert oJsonData['हिंदी'] == "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है"
+        assert oJsonData['แบบไทย'] == "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['한국인'] == "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다"
+        assert oJsonData['中國人'] == "這是 UTF-8 自測"
+
+    def test_utf8_encoding_imported_01(self):
+        '''
+        Test utf-8 encoding file is imported to other normal json config file
+        '''
+        sJsonfile = os.path.abspath("../testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_01.json")
+        oJsonPreprocessor = CJsonPreprocessor(syntax="python")
+        oJsonData = oJsonPreprocessor.jsonLoad(sJsonfile)
+        assert oJsonData['German'] == "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest"
+        assert oJsonData['Vietnamese'] == "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['Japanese'] == "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです"
+        assert oJsonData['Hindi'] == "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है"
+        assert oJsonData['Thai'] == "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['Korean'] == "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다"
+        assert oJsonData['Chinese'] == "這是 UTF-8 自測"
+
+    def test_utf8_encoding_imported_02(self):
+        '''
+        Test utf-8 encoding file is imported to other utf8 json config file
+        '''
+        sJsonfile = os.path.abspath("../testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_02.json")
+        oJsonPreprocessor = CJsonPreprocessor(syntax="python")
+        oJsonData = oJsonPreprocessor.jsonLoad(sJsonfile)
+        assert oJsonData['German'] == "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest"
+        assert oJsonData['Vietnamese'] == "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['Japanese'] == "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです"
+        assert oJsonData['Hindi'] == "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है"
+        assert oJsonData['Thai'] == "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['Korean'] == "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다"
+        assert oJsonData['Chinese'] == "這是 UTF-8 自測"
+
+    def test_utf8_encoding_imported_03(self):
+        '''
+        Test utf-8 encoding file is imported and overried by utf8 values to other json config file
+        '''
+        sJsonfile = os.path.abspath("../testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_03.json")
+        oJsonPreprocessor = CJsonPreprocessor(syntax="python")
+        oJsonData = oJsonPreprocessor.jsonLoad(sJsonfile)
+        assert oJsonData['German'] == "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest"
+        assert oJsonData['Vietnamese'] == "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['Japanese'] == "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです"
+        assert oJsonData['Hindi'] == "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है"
+        assert oJsonData['Thai'] == "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['Korean'] == "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다"
+        assert oJsonData['Chinese'] == "這是 UTF-8 自測"
+
+    def test_utf8_encoding_imported_04(self):
+        '''
+        Test utf-8 encoding - Override utf8 data by normal data
+        '''
+        sJsonfile = os.path.abspath("../testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_04.json")
+        oJsonPreprocessor = CJsonPreprocessor(syntax="python")
+        oJsonData = oJsonPreprocessor.jsonLoad(sJsonfile)
+        assert oJsonData['German'] == "This is German"
+        assert oJsonData['Vietnamese'] == 84
+        assert oJsonData['Japanese'] == "Đây là tiếng Nhật"
+        assert oJsonData['Hindi'] == True
+        assert oJsonData['Thai'] == False
+        assert oJsonData['Korean'] == [1, 2, "List", 4, 5]
+        assert oJsonData['Chinese'] == None
+
+    def test_utf8_encoding_imported_05(self):
+        '''
+        Test utf-8 encoding - import normal json configuration file into utf8 file.
+        '''
+        sJsonfile = os.path.abspath("../testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format_01.json")
+        oJsonPreprocessor = CJsonPreprocessor(syntax="python")
+        oJsonData = oJsonPreprocessor.jsonLoad(sJsonfile)
+        assert oJsonData['German'] == "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest"
+        assert oJsonData['Vietnamese'] == "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['Japanese'] == "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです"
+        assert oJsonData['Hindi'] == "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है"
+        assert oJsonData['Thai'] == "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['Korean'] == "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다"
+        assert oJsonData['Chinese'] == "這是 UTF-8 自測"
+        assert oJsonData['gPreprolIntParam'] == 1
+        assert oJsonData['gPreproFloatParam'] == 1.332
+        assert oJsonData['gPreproString'] == "This is a string"
+        assert oJsonData['gPreproStructure']['general'] == "general"
+
+    def test_utf8_encoding_imported_06(self):
+        '''
+        Test utf-8 encoding - Override parameters have utf8 format in keys.
+        '''
+        sJsonfile = os.path.abspath("../testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format_03.json")
+        oJsonPreprocessor = CJsonPreprocessor(syntax="python")
+        oJsonData = oJsonPreprocessor.jsonLoad(sJsonfile)
+        assert oJsonData['utf8']['Tiếng Đức'] == "This is German"
+        assert oJsonData['utf8']['Tiếng Việt'] == 84
+        assert oJsonData['utf8']['日本'] == 1.987
+        assert oJsonData['utf8']['हिंदी'] == "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8"
+        assert oJsonData['utf8']['한국인'] == "1"
diff --git a/atest/run.bat b/atest/run.bat
index b343d1cf..88d7f8c5 100644
--- a/atest/run.bat
+++ b/atest/run.bat
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 @ECHO OFF
 set current_dir=%CD%
 cd %~dp0\jsonpreprocessor
-"%RobotPythonPath%"\python -m pytest jsonpreprocessor_unittest.py --junit-xml=..\logs\windows_jsonpreprocessor_unittest.xml && (
+"%RobotPythonPath%"\python -m pytest test_jsonpreprocessor.py --junit-xml=..\logs\windows_test_jsonpreprocessor.xml && (
     echo Run JsonPreprocessor acceptance test sussessful!
 ) || (
     echo Run JsonPreprocessor acceptance test failed!
diff --git a/atest/run.sh b/atest/run.sh
index 9bb6b21e..37ad3ebb 100644
--- a/atest/run.sh
+++ b/atest/run.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ atest_dir=`dirname $bash_file_path`
 cd $atest_dir/jsonpreprocessor
 export PYTHONPATH="$atest_dir/../"
 echo $PYTHONPATH
-   $RobotPythonPath/python3 -m pytest jsonpreprocessor_unittest.py --junit-xml=../logs/linux_jsonpreprocessor_unittest.xml && (
+   $RobotPythonPath/python3 -m pytest test_jsonpreprocessor.py --junit-xml=../logs/linux_test_jsonpreprocessor.xml && (
    echo "Run JsonPreprocessor acceptance test successful!"
  ) || (
    echo "Run JsonPreprocessor acceptance test failed!"
diff --git a/atest/testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_01.json b/atest/testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_01.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddf84ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atest/testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_01.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+//*****************************************************************************
+
+{
+    "Project": "JsonPreprocessor",
+    "WelcomeString": "Hello... JsonPreprocessor selftest is running now!",
+    "[import]": "../import/utf8_format_data.json",
+    // Version control information.
+    "version": {
+      "majorversion": "0",
+      "minorversion": "1",
+      "patchversion": "1"
+    },
+    "TargetName" : "Device@01"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atest/testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_02.json b/atest/testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_02.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..470ce24d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atest/testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_02.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+//*****************************************************************************
+
+{
+    "Project": "JsonPreprocessor",
+    "WelcomeString": "Hello... JsonPreprocessor selftest is running now!",
+    "German": "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest",
+    "Vietnamese": "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8",
+    "Japanese": "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです",
+    "[import]": "../import/utf8_format_data_01.json",
+    // Version control information.
+    "version": {
+      "majorversion": "0",
+      "minorversion": "1",
+      "patchversion": "1"
+    },
+    "TargetName" : "Device@01"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atest/testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_03.json b/atest/testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_03.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..224497fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atest/testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_03.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+//*****************************************************************************
+
+{
+    "Project": "JsonPreprocessor",
+    "WelcomeString": "Hello... JsonPreprocessor selftest is running now!",
+    "German": "Will be overridden by German",
+    "Vietnamese": "Sẽ được ghi đè bằng câu tiếng Việt khác",
+    "Japanese": "Будет переопределен японским",
+    "[import]": "../import/utf8_format_data.json",
+    // Version control information.
+    "version": {
+      "majorversion": "0",
+      "minorversion": "1",
+      "patchversion": "1"
+    },
+    "TargetName" : "Device@01"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atest/testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_04.json b/atest/testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_04.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d684084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atest/testdata/config/02_import_json/import_file_utf8_format_04.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+//*****************************************************************************
+
+{
+    "Project": "JsonPreprocessor",
+    "German": "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest",
+    "Vietnamese": "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8",
+    "Japanese": "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです",
+    "Hindi": "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है",
+    "Thai": "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8",
+    "Korean": "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다",
+    "Chinese": "這是 UTF-8 自測",
+    // Version control information.
+    "version": {
+      "majorversion": "0",
+      "minorversion": "1",
+      "patchversion": "1"
+    },
+    "TargetName" : "Device@01",
+    "[import]": "../import/utf8_format_data_02.json"
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atest/testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format.json b/atest/testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acdc5835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atest/testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+//*****************************************************************************
+
+{
+    "Project": "JsonPreprocessor",
+    "German": "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest",
+    "Vietnamese": "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8",
+    "Japanese": "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです",
+    "Hindi": "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है",
+    "Thai": "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8",
+    "Korean": "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다",
+    "Chinese": "這是 UTF-8 自測",
+    // Version control information.
+    "version": {
+      "majorversion": "0",
+      "minorversion": "1",
+      "patchversion": "1"
+    },
+    "TargetName" : "Device@01"
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atest/testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format_01.json b/atest/testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format_01.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e538e48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atest/testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format_01.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+//*****************************************************************************
+
+{
+    "Project": "JsonPreprocessor",
+    "German": "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest",
+    "Vietnamese": "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8",
+    "Japanese": "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです",
+    "Hindi": "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है",
+    "Thai": "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8",
+    "Korean": "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다",
+    "Chinese": "這是 UTF-8 自測",
+    "[import]" : "../import/imported_file01_config.json",
+    // Version control information.
+    "version": {
+      "majorversion": "0",
+      "minorversion": "1",
+      "patchversion": "1"
+    },
+    "TargetName" : "Device@01"
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atest/testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format_02.json b/atest/testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format_02.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59fa330d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atest/testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format_02.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+//*****************************************************************************
+
+{
+    "Project": "JsonPreprocessor",
+    "Tiếng Đức": "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest",
+    "Tiếng Việt": "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8",
+    "日本": "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです",
+    "हिंदी": "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है",
+    "แบบไทย": "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8",
+    "한국인": "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다",
+    "中國人": "這是 UTF-8 自測",
+    // Version control information.
+    "version": {
+      "majorversion": "0",
+      "minorversion": "1",
+      "patchversion": "1"
+    },
+    "TargetName" : "Device@01"
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atest/testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format_03.json b/atest/testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format_03.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d38e616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atest/testdata/config/08_utf8_encoding/utf8_format_03.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+//  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+//*****************************************************************************
+
+{
+    "Project": "JsonPreprocessor",
+    "utf8": {
+        "Tiếng Đức": "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest",
+        "Tiếng Việt": "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8",
+        "日本": "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです",
+        "हिंदी": "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है",
+        "แบบไทย": "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8",
+        "한국인": "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다",
+        "中國人": "這是 UTF-8 自測"
+    },
+    // Version control information.
+    "version": {
+      "majorversion": "0",
+      "minorversion": "1",
+      "patchversion": "1"
+    },
+    "TargetName" : "Device@01",
+    "[import]": "../import/utf8_format_data_03.json"
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/atest/testdata/config/import/utf8_format_data.json b/atest/testdata/config/import/utf8_format_data.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..240b1bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atest/testdata/config/import/utf8_format_data.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+
+{
+    "German": "Dies ist der UTF-8 SälfTest",
+    "Vietnamese": "Đây là bản tự kiểm tra UTF-8",
+    "Japanese": "これは UTF-8 セルフテストです",
+    "Hindi": "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है",
+    "Thai": "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8",
+    "Korean": "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다",
+    "Chinese": "這是 UTF-8 自測"
+}
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diff --git a/atest/testdata/config/import/utf8_format_data_01.json b/atest/testdata/config/import/utf8_format_data_01.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21e42f04
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+++ b/atest/testdata/config/import/utf8_format_data_01.json
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+//  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+
+{
+    "Hindi": "यह UTF-8 सेल्फ़टेस्ट है",
+    "Thai": "นี่คือการทดสอบตัวเอง UTF-8",
+    "Korean": "이것은 UTF-8 자체 테스트입니다",
+    "Chinese": "這是 UTF-8 自測"
+}
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diff --git a/atest/testdata/config/import/utf8_format_data_02.json b/atest/testdata/config/import/utf8_format_data_02.json
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/atest/testdata/config/import/utf8_format_data_02.json
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+//  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+
+{
+    "German": "This is German",
+    "Vietnamese": 84,
+    "Japanese": "Đây là tiếng Nhật",
+    "Hindi": True,
+    "Thai": False,
+    "Korean": [1, 2, "List", 4, 5],
+    "Chinese": None
+}
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diff --git a/atest/testdata/config/import/utf8_format_data_03.json b/atest/testdata/config/import/utf8_format_data_03.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7080e725
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+++ b/atest/testdata/config/import/utf8_format_data_03.json
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+//  Copyright 2020-2022 Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+
+{
+    ${utf8}['Tiếng Đức']: "This is German",
+    ${utf8}['Tiếng Việt']: 84,
+    ${utf8}['日本']: 1.987,
+    ${utf8}['हिंदी']: "${utf8}['แบบไทย']",
+    ${utf8}['한국인']: "${version}['patchversion']"
+}