Beijing tops study of cashless living in cities

GUANGZHOU - Beijing is the "smartest" city in China, according to a report on the cashless society released on Monday.

The report was jointly published by Chinese tech giant Tencent, the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China and French market research firm Ipsos.

It measured in 324 Chinese cities using different indexes, such as transportation, education, shopping and food delivery, and polled more than 6,500 residents on their use of mobile payments.