Does Shanghai Metro support WeChat payment across the board?

Shanghai Metro has fully supported WeChat payment.

At the level of rail transit operation, the capabilities of big data, artificial intelligence and social system construction will be used to further enhance the responsiveness and safety level of Shanghai Metro in rail transit operation management and create a smarter rail transit operation system.

As the longest rail transit in the world, Shanghai Metro will build a smart subway, build a new life experience of smart travel, build a world-class subway comprehensive service network and explore a new mode of harmonious development of transportation and life for the city through further strategic cooperation with Tencent and various digital means.

Extended information: the subway supporting WeChat payment is a new mode to explore the harmonious development of transportation and life;

Tao Jin, director of the Information Management Center of Shanghai Shentong Metro Group, said: Shanghai Metro will join hands with Tencent to provide smart travel services for the convenience and benefit of the people on the basis of safety and efficiency; Further enhance the management ability of enterprises through digital innovation; Promote the interconnection with other public transport modes in this city and the Yangtze River Delta subway travel, and provide convenience for citizens to travel.

Geng Zhijun, vice president of Tencent, said: The cooperation with Shanghai Metro is Tencent's comprehensive exploration of intelligent transportation construction. Tencent hopes to help the digital upgrade of Shanghai Metro by combining innovative capabilities based on WeChat payment, such as big data, artificial intelligence and social services, to form an efficient and reusable smart transportation solution and accelerate the popularization of smart transportation.

Reference source People's Daily Online-Shanghai Metro will realize WeChat payment on May 28th.