Within three years, "One Card" will pass 60 cities

A small card, with a single shot, can easily walk through the country and may not be far away for us.

The "Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Urban Priority Development of Public Transportation" has been issued recently, clearly stating that during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, it is necessary to further improve the construction of the urban public transport mobile payment system, comprehensively promote the popularization of urban public transport "One Card," and speed up its use in cities. The application of different modes of transportation will speed up the improvement of the standard system, and gradually realize the interconnection of the “one card” of public transport across cities.

According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, in July 2012, eight cities including Shanghai, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Huzhou, Taizhou, Changshu, Lanzhou, and Baiyin had already taken the lead in achieving “one card” interconnection and interoperability. This year, nearly 30 cities including Tianjin, Hangzhou, Jinan, Fuzhou, Xi'an, Nanchang, Urumqi, Kunming, and Sanya will join the large platform for interconnection. It is estimated that by the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, the number of cities participating in the “One Card” citywide interconnection will reach 60.

According to statistics, after the “One Card” in eight cities such as Shanghai was opened to the public, the daily trading volume was nearly 3,000, and the average monthly growth rate was about 50%. During the National Day holiday in 2012, the volume of transactions in different places increased significantly, and more people began to travel. Use city card.

With the development of the regional economic circle in the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, the Beibu Gulf, the Bohai Rim, the three northeastern provinces, and the central and western regions, the role of public transport IC card interconnection has become more apparent. Zhengzhou and Kaifeng in Henan Province have officially opened Zhengyi Bus Cards a year ago. Zhengzhou bus cards with electronic purses can all be used in Kaifeng; all Kaifeng bus cards can also be consumed in Zhengzhou. The reporter learned from Gansu that from May 1st last year, Lanzhou and Baiyin started to sell IC cards for the two cities' public transport, which can be used for swiping cards in public transport in both places, and enjoy a 15% discount on credit cards. Different from ordinary bus cards, the card is a real-name card, is not reported, and can not be recharged in an off-site location. It can only be recharged in the card-paying city.

It is understood that among the more than 600 existing cities in China, as of October 2012, more than 440 cities have established IC card systems of different sizes, and most cities have achieved credit card spending through public transportation. However, with the rapid development of urban IC cards, there are also problems such as lack of unified planning and management, and blind and repeated development at low levels.

Currently, there are nearly 160 cities under the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Standards and applying for a unified key security system, covering all the municipalities directly under the Central Government, more than 90% of provincial capital cities, and 40% of prefecture-level cities. The cumulative number of cards issued nationwide exceeds 310 million, and is widely used in urban comprehensive transportation (transport, subway, ferry, light rail), public utilities payment, landscape architecture, digital community (property management, construction and residential access control systems), parking management, More than 40 fields such as building materials and various types of electronic certificates.