When was QR code widely used in China?

Two-dimensional code is widely used in China after 20 1 1 year. The QR code was invented by Teng Hongyuan of Denso Wave Company in Japan in 1994, but this technology has been sinking. It was not until 20 1 1 that Wei Xu, the founder of Lingkong.com, discovered that the QR code was actually very useful, and applied for a related patent on 20 1 1, and then authorized this consumer-grade patent to other companies.

With the comprehensive coverage of mobile communication network, cmnet has developed rapidly with the upgrading of mobile communication infrastructure. Especially in 2009, China began to deploy 3G mobile communication networks on a large scale. The upgrading of infrastructure has effectively promoted the rapid development of cmnet, and the service model and business model have also been innovated and developed on a large scale. Domestic mobile payment application scenarios have shown explosive growth, and QR codes have become more and more important, covering payment, identification and other fields.

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With more and more online and offline parallel interactions of e-commerce companies, QR codes have become an important marketing carrier for e-commerce companies. The extensive application of QR code in the field of e-commerce, combined with the concept of O2O, has brought consumers a more convenient and faster consumption experience and become a new channel to connect online and offline e-commerce platforms.

The popularity of smartphones and tablets has given birth to a QR code application that was not optimistic before. Ma said: QR code is the entrance to the mobile Internet. The application of QR code permeates every aspect of our lives, such as subway advertisements, newspapers, train tickets, plane tickets, fast food restaurants, cinemas, group buying websites and various commodity packaging. As a part of the Internet of Things wave industry, the application of QR code has never been so concerned.

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Baidu encyclopedia-QR code