Almost everyone in major Chinese cities is using a smartphone to pay for just about everything. At restaurants, a waiter will ask if you want to use WeChat or Alipay — the two smartphone payment options — before bringing up cash as a third, remote possibility. （In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete, by The New York Times）
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The mobile payment is gaining popularity in China. In recent years, with patent applications in the mobile payment domain increasing rapidly, Chinese enterprises should strengthen patent portfolio in the world.
（Editor Che Xingming）
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