A getter pump test system is being developed as a core item of the national project for establishing the foundation of the vacuum technology in our country. A preliminary test system was prepared for developing the getter test procedure, and providing design requirements and system specifications before setting up the getter pump test system. The pumping speed and the pumping capacity of getter elements of low activation temperature used in the seal-off vacuum devices, for the hydrogen, carbon monoxide and nitrogen gases, were measured using the preliminary test system. The pumping characteristics of a domestic getter, developed mainly for the gas purifier, were compared with those of a foreign getter used widely in the lamp factories.