More than 30 cities to achieve public transport card during the year

Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development that this year, cities such as Tianjin, Jinan, Zhengzhou, Changsha, and Fuzhou will join the bus “one card” interconnection platform. Citizens can use the bus to take buses in more than 30 cities across the country. Some cities can also enjoy ferry rides and rental bikes.

Recently, the State Council issued the "Guiding Opinions on Giving Priority to the Development of Public Transportation in Cities", which states that it is necessary to gradually realize the interconnection and intercommunication of "one card" for public transportation across cities.

It is understood that the National Urban One Card Interconnection project means that local city IC cards can be used for credit card spending in other cities, and cardholders can enjoy preferential policies for local card swiping. The project was promoted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

Yesterday, the reporter learned from the IC Card Application Service Center of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development that, last year, eight cities in Shanghai, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Huzhou, Taizhou, Changshu, Lanzhou and Baiyin have achieved "one card" connectivity. Citizens can use the “one card” to take the bus in 8 cities at random. At the same time, Shanghai has opened a function of taking ferries and subways. Citizens in Ningbo can also rent and rent bicycles.

This year, more than 20 cities such as Tianjin, Hangzhou, Jinan, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Fuzhou, Xi'an, Nanchang, Urumqi, Kunming, and Sanya will join the large-scale platform for interconnection. By then, more than 30 cities across the country will be able to swipe cards. It is estimated that by the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, the number of cities in China that will use the City Card to connect and exchange will reach 60.

It is understood that on April 1st and October 1st this year, the newly added “One Card” cities will be divided into two batches to realize the card exchange in different places.

The relevant person in charge of the IC Card Application Service Center stated that at present there are more than 160 cities in the country that have applied for the “One Card” using the unified key system, and the number of issued cards has exceeded 310 million. "The city's 'one-card' password system is the same, laying the technical foundation for the future joining of the card."

Beijing situation

To realize intercity unicom must first reform the equipment

It is reported that after the first batch of 8 cities in China, the number of daily transactions reached 3,000, and the average monthly growth rate was about 50%. During the long holiday of the National Day last year, the number of remote card swipes in 8 cities increased significantly.

With the opening of the first batch of cities, regional economic circles such as the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, the Beibu Gulf, the Bohai Sea, the three northeastern provinces, the central and western regions will also enter the implementation phase of interconnection. However, at present, major cities such as Beijing have not yet joined the “National City Card Interconnection” platform.

According to reports, the realization of the remote application card, you need to have a unified key system, including the "card" system and related credit card device operating system.

At present, the “one card” used in Beijing is a “CPU card”, which is in line with the relevant standards of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. However, the relevant credit card devices need to be reconstructed before they can communicate with other cities. “That is to say, Beijing and other cities achieve interoperability and Beijing citizens do not have to change cards, but they need to renovate their credit card machines so that citizens of other cities can use them.” Relevant person in charge said that at present, Beijing's projects for remote card swiping are still under research and exploration. among.