Bye to public transport tickets, hi to cool apps

In the not too distant future, passengers in China can simply use their smartphones to board buses, subway trains and even railway trains, industry experts said.

Electronic payment operators and the government are working together toward that goal, they said.

In late January, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen railway line in South China's Guangdong province, became the first to adopt digital payments, to improve operational efficiency during the Spring Festival holiday.