• The QR-based health code system by Alipay from Ant Financial assigns each user one of three colors — green, yellow or red — based on their location, basic health information and travel history. Green allows freedom of movement, while yellow and red indicate that you need to self-quarantine or enter a supervised quarantine facility, respectively. | BLOOMBERG
    The QR-based health code system by Alipay from Ant Financial assigns each user one of three colors — green, yellow or red — based on their location, basic health information and travel history. Green allows freedom of movement, while yellow and red indicate that you need to self-quarantine or enter a supervised quarantine facility, respectively. | BLOOMBERG

  • Bloomberg

  • SHARE

To get permission to leave China’s coronavirus epicenter and return to his job in Hong Kong, a Chinese banker needed two things: a letter from his company and a green health code from an Alibaba app.

The man, who gave his name only as Clarence because of privacy concerns, secured the necessary permission last week and boarded a high-speed train to the border city of Shenzhen.

Unable to view this article?

This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software.

Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites.

If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see out this support page.

We humbly apologize for the inconvenience.

In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.
By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.

SUBSCRIBE NOW

PHOTO GALLERY (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

, , , , , , ,