Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen JackZYH for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, February 23, according to the Hong Kong Business Daily, Octopus, which is widely used in Hong Kong, will enter the mainland and join interconnection. Hong Kong cardholders can take buses / subways in more than 300 cities in the mainland, which is expected to be launched in the second quarter.

▲ map source Octopus official website in addition, Octopus App has launched UnionPay QR code function, which can consume more than 30 million merchants in the mainland without binding mainland mobile phone number and other information.

For mainland visitors, Octopus has also launched a tourist version of App, which supports MasterCard, UnionPay or Visa credit cards issued outside Hong Kong, so that visitors no longer need to buy physical Octopus, value-added and refund. Octopus said it would step up advertising at various ports and promote it on social media.

However, Octopus national card cannot be used in Macau in the first stage. As the card cannot be transferred to the mobile phone App for the time being, it is necessary to travel with a physical card.

CTOnews.com remarks: the Chinese name of Octopus literally means "you can reach in all directions by card". The Chinese word "eight" can represent "many", and it is also regarded as a lucky number and a homonym with "developed" because it is homonym with "fat". Octopus "Octopus" is taken from the idiom "extending in all directions", which represents a card passing everywhere in the hand. As early as 2017, there were more than 3450 Octopus cards in circulation, equivalent to an average of five Octopus cards per Hong Kong resident.

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