It’s common for citizens to take a bus or a boat by scanning the QR code with a mobile phone. In order to continuously promote the digital transformation of transportation and life, and meet citizens’ diverse needs, Chongming has diversified the way to take a passenger ferry. For passengers who want to cross the river, they no longer need to get paper tickets at the window. They can scan the QR code to take the ferry with a mobile phone.

At about 9 am, the Waiting Room of Chongming South Gate Wharf was already busy. After learning that they could scan the QR code to quickly pass the gate after purchasing tickets online, some passengers immediately took out their mobile phone to have a try. According to the staff, in addition to the existing ticketing methods, the Chongming Passenger Ferry Ticket Purchase System was launched last year at the Chongming flagship store on “Sui Shen Ban”. Now, citizens and passengers can log in to the Chongming flagship store on “Sui Shen Ban”, make an online reservation, buy tickets under “Shanghai Passenger Ferry” services, pass the gate by scanning the Shanghai QR Code, and realize the function of “crossing the river with a QR code”.

The Staff from the Ferry Company Was Demonstrating How to Pass the Gate with the “Crossing the River with a QR Code” Function

In recent years, to further promote digital transformation of the transportation industry, Chongming District Data Bureau and relevant departments and units such as Chongming Transportation Group have relied on the “Shanghai QR Code” service system and taken South Gate Wharf as a pilot to innovate ship ticket purchase and ticket inspection through digital empowerment. The function of “crossing the river with a QR code” has been created for the transportation system, which is now officially launched for trial operation. “Crossing the river with a QR code” is another exploration around accelerating the digital transformation of the city. The person in charge of Chongming District Data Bureau said that the “Shanghai QR Code” is an important carrier for the scenario application of digital urban services and management in Shanghai. In recent years, Chongming District Data Bureau has joined hands with relevant departments to focus on people’s concerns and needs, and expanded the application of “Shanghai QR Code” in special scenarios. Following the launch of “one QR code for fitness” in 2023, this year we have expanded and realized “crossing the river with a QR code”. These applications not only provide citizens with diversified and convenient services but also further improve the accuracy of urban management.

In fact, a few years ago, Shanghai Passenger Ship Co., Ltd. implemented an online ticketing model for some routes. Shi Yujiao, Deputy Director of the Company’s Command Center, told reporters that in recent years, the Company has made continuous investments in information technology and upgraded its equipment. In addition to the original ticket purchase method, it has successively added online ticket purchase such as the “Shanghai Passenger Ferry” WeChat Official Account and Mini-Program, as well as the “QR code for ship”. This time, the implementation of “crossing the river with a QR code” has made it possible to use “Shanghai QR Code” on the routes to South Gate, further solving the problem of queuing to buy and exchange tickets, bringing convenience to citizens and passengers.

The Ferry Company said that passengers can seek help from staff when having difficulties. In addition, considering that online ticket purchase may be difficult for some groups such as the elderly, the Company retains the manual ticket window to provide offline ticket purchase and travel services for these groups. ‍