People can install the mobile app Guizhoutong to pay public transit fees with their cellphones. [Photo by Li Yu/gz.people.cn]

The move is also expected to help Guiyang to become a national hub of big data technology, where the whole society contributes to data collection, analysis and development.

Guiyang plans to promote mobile payments in more areas, including public transportation, hospitals and tourism attractions. The city will build a big data platform integrating more than 100 million pieces of payment data from 200,000 stores and malls by 2018.

Source from China Daily