Of those 450 million real-name registered Alipay users, mobile payments account for 71% of their total payments, with people born in the 1980s and 1990s becoming the main groups, according to the data released by Alipay on January 4th.
支付宝1月4日发布的数据显示，旗下4.5亿实名用户全年付款总额中有71%是移动支付，80后与90后是所有用户数的主力军。
In 2015, only 65% of the total bills on Alipay were paid via mobile app. The newly released data shows that young people born in the 1990s pay 91% of their bills through mobile phones, reports People's Daily Online.
Meanwhile, Tibet, followed by Qinghai Province and Gansu Province in northwest China, ranks first for mobile payments market penetration, reaching 90%.
From the view of total amounts paid by Alipay in 2016, Guangdong Province takes first place, accounting for 16% of the national total. Then come Zhejiang and Jiangsu Provinces.
Further, the average payment amount for people in Shanghai reached 148 thousand yuan (USD 21,503), followed by Zhejiang Province, Beijing, Fujian Province and Jiangsu Province, which all have exceeded 100 thousand yuan(USD 14,535). In 2016, the average payment amount for those born in the 1980s has exceeded 120 thousand yuan(USD 17,453).
Also, Chinese people are starting to care more about efficiency. In 2016, over a billion people enjoyed the convenience of Alipay by paying utility bills, traffic violation fines, as well as buying subway, bus, train tickets, movie tickets and so on. People in as many as 357 cities in China, 54% of the total, are able to enjoy these extra bill paying and extra app services, as People's Daily Online reported.
相关单词：penetration
penetration解释：n.穿透，穿人，渗透
penetration例句：
He is a man of penetration.他是一个富有洞察力的人。
Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration.我们的目标是进一步打入市场。
相关单词：accounting
accounting解释：n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表
accounting例句：
A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
相关单词：violation
violation解释：n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯
violation例句：
He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
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