85％ of users scan QR codes to pay｜二维码支付用户占比85％

View of signboards of Alipay, WeChat Pay and China UnionPay at a duty-free store in the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. [Photo/For China Daily]

With the development of information technology, mobile payment has more deeply penetrated Chinese consumers' daily lives, with 85% of users having scanned QR codes to pay last year, up 6 percentage points from 2019, according to a report released by the Chinese card payment giant China UnionPay.

中国银联近日发布报告称，随着信息技术的不断发展，移动支付已渗透到消费者生活的各个领域，2020年二维码支付用户占比达85%，较2019年提升了6个百分点。

The survey found 98% of respondents considered mobile payment as the most commonly used payment method, up 5 percentage points from a year earlier.

98%的受访者将移动支付视为其最常用的支付方式，较2019年提升了5个百分点。

Chinese people used mobile payments three times a day on average, the report said.

2020年移动支付用户日均使用逾3次。

The ratio of those using it more than three times a day rose 11% from 2019, while 25% of respondents paid via mobile phone more than five times a day.

日均支付频次超过3次的比例较2019年提升11%，超过5次的比例占总人群的四分之一。

About 30% of respondents said they purchase daily necessities via livestreaming, the report said, adding that new online payment platforms, which have been integrated into small brick-and-mortar shops such as street vendors, vegetable markets and fruit stores, have gained popularity among consumers.

报告显示，大约30%的受访者会经常使用网络直播购物。新兴的线上支付平台与线下，小摊贩、菜场、水果店等小型实体商店等有机融合，受到消费者青睐。