Recently, a news rushed to the hot search, a South Korean doctor publicly complained, "It is very inconvenient to spend money in China, there are online payments such as WeChat and Alipay everywhere, foreigners have money in China and cannot spend it, which the Chinese must improve." ”
She used South Korea as an example and boastedSouth Korea is a place where you can buy a bottle of mineral water with a credit cardHowever, most of the payments in China are electronic, which require real-name authentication to bind to Chinese bank cards, which is not friendly to foreigners.
Seeing such a complaining news, many of our netizens were laughed at angrily, because more than 20 years ago, foreigners did not say so, and they condemned us bitterly at that timeIt is said that it is inconvenient to spend money in China, and that you can only use cash to buy things
As a result, after more than 20 years of development, we have finally replaced cash with mobile payment and are at the forefront of the world. But as a result, the dissatisfied group of people are still dissatisfied, and they can always find a point to complain.
Many people may find it strange that it stands to reason that China's mobile payment has been developing for many years, and foreigners did not say anything beforeWhy do you suddenly start complaining now?
First of all, after 3 years of masks, foreign countries cannot keep up with the development of mobile payment in China.
Before 2019, in fact, there was no comprehensive coverage of mobile payment in China, and many people still used cash when they went out to buy things. But with the 3 years of masks, most of the elderly in China have basically developed the habit of mobile payment, but what about the world outside China? In the past 3 years, it is still stuck in the era of cash payment and card payment, and the life payment of the two is almost like the scene of the two eras, and the gap has been pulled to a very obvious point, so this gap will be particularly prominent.
Secondly, with China's development and transformation, we want to build ourselves into a world tourism power, so as to drive the domestic economy.
Whether it was Zibo, which was popular last year, or Harbin this year, why can it quickly get out of the circle?
The answer is simple, because we want to take this as an opportunity to promote the improvement of tourism services across the country, not only to let Chinese travel more across provinces, but also to attract foreigners and let ordinary people earn their money.
Since December last year, China has successively begun to implement visa-free access to some countriesFrance, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, MalaysiaTourists from these countries can easily travel to China.
What are the benefits?
Persons from the above 6 countries coming to ChinaTotal 2140,000 people, up 28 from November5%, including the number of people holding ordinary passports and entering the country without a visaA total of 1180,000 people, accounting for 55 of the total number of arrivals from the six countries in the same period1%, from the point of view of the reason for entry, the number of people holding ordinary passports and visa-free entrants who came to China for sightseeing, leisure and business activities totaled 910,000 person-times, accounting for 773%。
At the same time, in January this year, the number of South Korean tourists visiting China soared by 900% year-on-year.
The more foreigners come to China for tourism, they will pay attention to the development of mobile payment in China. However, since mobile payments are largely uncommon in the world except for China, this advanced technology will catch them off guard.
But is it our fault that we are advanced?
Obviously not, the first reaction of ordinary people when they encounter this kind of technological progress must be how I should learn to adapt to the development of the times.
When Chinese tourists travel to foreign countries, don't they also have to follow the local customs, and they also have to buy various cards, exchange cash and use credit cards? Why can't they be treated equally? It seems that foreigners also need to vigorously improve their national self-confidence!
The reason why foreigners have this kind of magical idea, in fact, is because the payment method operated by the West is actually an important cornerstone of the US dollar as the world's currency, once other countries around the world begin to imitate us to develop mobile payment and establish digital currency, it means that all countries have the ability to automatically settle across borders.
Just like us and Iran,In 2021, we signed a 25-year cooperation agreement with Iran, which mentions that oil and ** between China and Iran can be settled in RMB and digital yuan
Think about it, if the rest of the world all imitates Iran's approach, will the hegemony of the dollar be maintained?
So, why the West is asking us to actively adapt to them in terms of payment methods, the answer is coming out, because theyThink that you have the standard and the ultimate voice in the operation of the world, only the one that they are popular is correct.