Octopus is a common electronic toll collection system in China and Hongkong. The chip is embedded in a plastic card the size of a credit card, which can be charged and placed on the receiver to complete the payment process. 1 June 65438+September 9971Octopus started to be used. At first, it was only used for public transportation such as buses and railways, and then it was gradually extended to other industries, including shops, restaurants and parking lots. It is also used as a pass card for schools, offices and houses. The recharge method has also expanded from the initial recharge machine to the store payment office and automatic transfer of credit cards and bank accounts. Octopus is one of the earliest and most successful electronic currencies in the world, and its popularity ranks first in the world. By the end of 2005, there were12.4 million Octopus cards in circulation in China Mainland and Hongkong, and the number of daily transactions also exceeded 8 million. Based on this experience, Octopus Card Company won the contract to develop electronic toll collection systems in the Netherlands and Changsha, China, and plans to communicate with shenzhen tong of Shenzhen Metro in the future. Directory [hidden] 1 name and logo 2 history 3 application technology 4 uses 4. 1 transaction flow 4.2 value-added 4.3 applicable place 4.4 discount 4.5 Octopus refund 5 types and forms 5. 1 personal Octopus 5.2 commemorative Octopus 5.3 special purpose Octopus 5.4 cardless Octopus 6 operators 7 Pu and situation 8 future development 9 statistics/ 0 See 10 Shareholders 10.2 Other types of Chinese characters "Ba" can represent "Duo" and are regarded as auspicious numbers because they are homophonic with "Fa". Squidward Tentacles's "extending in all directions" comes from the idiom "extending in all directions", which means that one card can go anywhere with one hand. This name was selected by Su Jinhui, former chairman of MTR Corporation, in the nomination contest of 1996. Octopus, the English name of octopus, echoes the Chinese character "Ba". Octopus's wrist can grab many things at the same time, which means that octopus can be used for different kinds of transactions at the same time. The symbol of octopus is an oblique Mobius belt, which is like the number 8 and the infinite symbol ∞. The former means echoing the name of octopus, while the latter means expressing the "infinite" function of octopus. [Editor] History 1999, Jinzhi Bus took the lead in introducing Octopus toll for minibuses. The picture on the left reminds passengers to inform the driver before using Octopus to charge in sections. Since the opening of 1979, China Hongkong Metro has been using recycled magnetic plastic cards as tickets. This kind of ticket can be divided into one-way ticket and stored value ticket. Kowloon-Canton Railway also began to use this card as a ticket on 1984, and named it as a universal stored value ticket. By 1989, the China-Hong Kong universal stored value ticket has been extended to KMB, Citybus connecting to MTR and KCR services, and it has also been applied to some non-transportation services, such as paying in fast food restaurants or self-service ID cameras. The subway finally decided to adopt more advanced technology. In 1993, they announced that they would use smart cards that can pay without contacting the operator. In order to attract more people to accept it, MTR and KCRC invited Citybus, KMB and HYF to form a joint company, named Lianjunda Limited (renamed Octopus Card Limited in June 2002). However, at that time, CMB, the main public transport operator on Hong Kong Island in China, refused to participate. 1996, this electronic money system was officially named Octopus. After a three-year probation period, the Octopus system was finally officially launched on 1 September 19971day. By the end of the same year, Octopus had issued 3 million cards in just three months. At first, Octopus could only be used on the operating routes of five companies of Alliance Star Limited, but by 1999, Octopus had been extended to non-public transport retail services, and automatic recharge service and Octopus watches were launched in the same year. In 2000, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority of China issued a license to the operators, and lifted the limit that the non-traffic business of Octopus should not exceed 65,438+05%. 200 1 1 The Yaumati Ferry Company, which just announced that it would abandon its ferry business, signed a new shareholder consent form and agreed to transfer its shares to New World First Bus and New World First Ferry Company. In the same year, Octopus Card Co., Ltd. turned from loss to profit. On June 29th, 2003, another new function of Octopus was launched-China Hong Kong * * * decided to replace the whole generation of China Hong Kong 18 with Octopus system.

000 parking meters. This operation was finally completed on June165438+1October 2 1 day, 2004. Almost at the same time, many public facilities, including public swimming pools and gymnasiums, began to use the Octopus system. On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2003, Octopus Company won a contract worth10.2 billion euros to provide Dutch public transport system with payment technology without contacting operators, and merged the public transport toll collection system in the country (these companies include NS, RET, GVB and HTM). On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2005, Octopus launched a preferential plan called "Octopus Daily Reward". Octopus users can pay with Octopus or cash when shopping in designated stores (including Wellcome Supermarket, UA Cinema, Watsons Personal Care Store and McDonald's), and then use the Octopus card that has applied for the Octopus Daily Reward Scheme to store points until the designated points are redeemed. [Editor] ERG Group, an applied technology company, is located in Perth, Australia. The Octopus system uses Sony's 13.56MHz FeliCa RFID chip and other related technologies. China and Hongkong are the first places in the world to apply this technology to public transport toll collection system. Octopus's contactless smart card design allows users to trade only near the Octopus card reader without direct contact (for example, inserting the whole card into the card reader). In terms of data transmission speed, 2 12 kbit messages are transmitted per second. Mondex and Visa Cash, which have been eliminated in China Mainland and Hongkong, are both contact smart cards, which can only transmit 9.6 kbit messages per second, so they are inevitably replaced by Octopus. The entire Octopus system was designed by ERG Trit Systems, headquartered in Perth, Australia. ERG is responsible for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the whole system. [Editor] How to Use Octopus Operator on First Bus Octopus is a contactless smart card, which is very convenient to use in electronic money. Whether it is trading or recharging, the operation is very simple. [Edit] When using Octopus to pay in the transaction process, the user only needs to put the Octopus card near the card reader, and the payment will be automatically deducted. The average transaction time is only 0.3 seconds. After the transaction is completed, the card reader will beep, and the display will show the deduction amount and the balance in the card. Usually, when paying preferential fares (such as bus fares for children and the elderly), the tone of "DuDu" will be higher. A higher-pitched and longer-lasting beep indicates that the transaction has not been completed, and the red light of the card reader will light up. Common reasons are that the card is not for the card reader, the balance is less than HK$ 0, or the balance will be less than-HK$ 35 after the transaction. The reader can automatically judge the appropriate preferential charges, such as points plan, transfer discount and "subway discount station". As Octopus is a contactless smart card, even ordinary materials (such as plastic and leather) separated by several centimeters can be sensed by the card reader, so you can conduct Octopus transactions only by picking up your wallet, handbag or even clothes bag placed near the card reader. [Editor] Value-added Octopus Recharger Almost all stores with Octopus card readers can recharge Octopus, including "July 11th" convenience stores, OK convenience stores, Baijia Supermarket, Wellcome Supermarket, McDonald's, Maxim's Fast Food, Cafe de coral, Happy Life and other fast food restaurants. Recharge machines and ticket offices in all stations of the subway, Kowloon-Canton Railway and Kowloon-Canton Railway, recharge machines and customer service centers in some stations of Kowloon-Canton Light Rail, and customer service centers of KMB, First Bus and First Ferry (outlying island line) also provide recharge services. Each Octopus card can store up to HK$ 1000 yuan. In addition, even if the transaction amount is greater than the remaining amount in the card, as long as the difference is not greater than HK$ 35, the transaction can still be made without recharging. In other words, the maximum negative storage value of Octopus card is 35 yuan dollars. This allows the card owner to take most of the means of transportation or buy goods in China and Hongkong even if the stored value is insufficient. [Editor] The Octopus card reader of China-Hong Kong subway is suitable for almost all public transport and some large chain stores in China and Hong Kong, such as convenience stores, fast food restaurants and supermarkets. Many new vending machines in China and Hongkong also accept Octopus payment, including pay phone booths and self-service cameras. In addition, some self-service photocopiers also support the use of Octopus, including most libraries of the University of Hong Kong and branches of the Hong Kong Public Library. At some stations of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, you can even use Octopus to purchase Chinese mainland travel insurance. From August 14, 2006, you can also use Octopus to pay in Shenzhen retail merchants (for the time being, only for happy life). [Editor] When Octopus is used at a discount, China, Hongkong Metro and Kowloon-Canton Railway will charge cheaper fares than one-way tickets. For example, if you take the China-Hong Kong subway from the east to Chai Wan, you can charge HK$ 23. 10 for octopus and HK$ 26 for one-way ticket, which is HK$ 2.90 cheaper. Some modes of transport also offer fare concessions to Octopus users, but these concessions are not applicable to cash payment. For example, KMB, New World First Bus and Citybus offer 10% discount or 15% discount for Octopus return on the same day on routes with fares higher than 15 or 10. In addition, Octopus interchange concessions for railway connections to other modes of transport, Octopus same-day return concessions for NWFB and Citybus, and Octopus short-distance two-way segmented charges for some routes of NWFB and Citybus are also examples of Octopus concessions. Different Octopus card reader designs have different discounts. The card reader on the bus has four buttons, one is the same-day round-trip ticket discount, the other is reserved for the proposed same-day ticket discount, there is also a cancel button, and there is a reserved position to add the third discount. The card readers of minibuses and New Lantau buses are equipped with two-way segmented charging buttons. On some routes, passengers can press the button to select the appropriate section to charge. [Editor's Note] As one of the characteristics of China and Hongkong, the return of octopus has attracted a large number of tourists, including free travellers from Chinese mainland, to buy it as souvenirs. However, many tourists will return their Octopus cards before leaving China and Hongkong. In order to cope with the huge administrative expenses returned by tourists in a short time, from June 1 65438+1October12004, Octopus Company will charge users who return their cards within three months (the individual Octopus returned within five years is HK$ 10). The company also offers a "collector's edition" Octopus card, which is mainly aimed at tourists and others who want to buy it as a commemorative collection. [Editor] The types and forms of Octopus can be found in China's stations and airports, Hongkong Metro and Kowloon-Canton Railway. When purchasing, you need to pay a deposit of 50 yuan HK$ and a prepaid ticket worth 20 to 100 yuan. The deposit will be refunded when the Octopus card is returned. Generally, Octopus is anonymous and can be purchased without identity documents. If the user loses this Octopus card, he will only lose the stored value in the card and will not lose any other personal data. Octopus Company not only issues three kinds of general Octopus cards for people with different identities, but also issues personal Octopus cards.

Hist Octopus Card was launched on 1997 to serve the public. At the beginning of its development, Octopus devoted itself to providing automatic ticketing systems for public transport in China and Hongkong, so that people can pay all kinds of transportation expenses through simple payment. The company then gradually extended this simplicity to different aspects of life, allowing citizens to shop and pay in a number of retail merchants with one card, and it can also be used for identity confirmation, access to buildings and schools, and enjoy a better life. At present, more than 426 organizations and merchants have accepted Octopus, and its application scope will continue to increase, making people's lives more convenient. In the past few years, Octopus has been making unremitting efforts and making bold attempts to bring various innovative services to the public. In addition to being widely welcomed by the public and merchants, Octopus also occupies an unparalleled leading position in the international market. In terms of penetration rate, transaction volume and application level, Octopus ranks first in the world. Positive: convenient for people negative: it takes special time to increase the value of Octopus.

Octopus is a common electronic toll collection system in China and Hongkong. The chip is made into a plastic card the size of a credit card. After adding value to the card, it can be placed on the receiver to complete the payment process. 1 June 65438+September 9971Octopus started to be used. At first, it was only used in public transportation such as buses and railways, and then it gradually expanded to other industries, including shops, restaurants, parking lots and other businesses, and also used as a pass card for schools, offices and houses. The value-added method has also expanded from the initial value-added machine to the store payment office and automatic transfer of credit cards and bank accounts. Octopus is one of the earliest and most successful electronic currencies in the world, and its popularity ranks first in the world. By the end of 2005, there were12.4 million Octopus cards in circulation in China Mainland and Hongkong, and the number of daily transactions also exceeded 8 million. Based on this experience, Octopus Card Company won the contract to develop electronic toll collection systems in the Netherlands and Changsha, China, and plans to communicate with shenzhen tong of Shenzhen Metro in the future. Name and logo design of adult Octopus card The Chinese name of Octopus literally means "With a card, you can extend in all directions". The Chinese character "Ba" can represent "Duo" and is regarded as a lucky number because it is homophonic with "Fa". Squidward Tentacles's "extending in all directions" comes from the idiom "extending in all directions", which means that one card can go anywhere with one hand. This name was selected by Su Jinhui, former chairman of MTR Corporation, in the nomination contest of 1996. Octopus, the English name of octopus, echoes the Chinese character "Ba". Octopus's wrist can grab many things at the same time, which means that octopus can be used for different kinds of transactions at the same time. The symbol of octopus is an oblique Mobius belt, which is like the number 8 and the infinite symbol ∞. The former means echoing the name of octopus, while the latter means expressing the "infinite" function of octopus. History 1999, Jinzhi Bus took the lead in introducing Octopus toll for minibuses. The picture on the left reminds passengers to inform the driver before using Octopus to charge in sections. Since the opening of 1979, China Hongkong Metro has been using recycled magnetic plastic cards as tickets. This kind of ticket can be divided into one-way ticket and stored value ticket. Kowloon-Canton Railway also began to use this card as a ticket on 1984, and named it as a universal stored value ticket. By 1989, the China-Hong Kong universal stored-value ticket has been extended to KMB, Citybus connecting to MTR and KCR services, and should also be applied to some non-transportation services, such as paying fees in fast food restaurants or self-service ID cameras. The subway finally decided to adopt more advanced technology. In 1993, they announced that they would use smart cards that can pay without contacting the operator. In order to attract more people to accept it, MTR and KCRC invited Citybus, KMB and HYF to form a joint company, named Lianjunda Limited (renamed Octopus Card Limited in June 2002). However, at that time, CMB, the main public transport operator on Hong Kong Island in China, refused to participate. 1996, this electronic money system was officially named Octopus. After a three-year probation period, the Octopus system was finally officially launched on 1 September 19971day. By the end of the same year, Octopus had issued 3 million cards in just three months. At first, Octopus could only be used on the operating routes of five companies of Lianjunda Co., Ltd., but by 1999, Octopus had expanded to non-public transportation retail services, and in the same year, it launched automatic value-added services and Octopus watches. In 2000, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority of China issued a license to the operators, and lifted the limit that the non-traffic business of Octopus should not exceed 65,438+05%. 200 1 1 The Yaumati Ferry Company, which just announced that it would abandon its ferry business, signed a new shareholder consent form and agreed to transfer its shares to New World First Bus and New World First Ferry Company. In the same year, Octopus Card Co., Ltd. turned from loss to profit. On June 29th, 2003, another new function of Octopus was launched-China Hong Kong * * * decided to replace the whole generation of China Hong Kong 18 with Octopus system.

000 parking meters. This operation was finally completed on June165438+1October 2 1 day, 2004. Almost at the same time, many public facilities, including public swimming pools and gymnasiums, began to use the Octopus system. On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2003, Octopus Company won a contract worth10.2 billion euros to provide Dutch public transport system with payment technology that does not contact operators, and merged the toll collection system of public transport in this country (these companies include NS, RET, GVB and HTM). On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2005, Octopus launched a preferential plan called "Octopus Daily Reward". Octopus users can pay with Octopus or cash when shopping in designated stores (including Wellcome Supermarket, UA Cinema, Watsons Personal Care Store and McDonald's), and then use the Octopus card that has applied for the Octopus Daily Reward Scheme to store points until the designated points are redeemed. ERG Group is headquartered in Perth, Australia. The Octopus system uses Sony's 13.56MHz FeliCa RFID chip and other related technologies. China and Hongkong are the first places in the world to apply this technology to public transport toll collection system. The contactless smart card design of Octopus enables users to conduct transactions only by approaching the Octopus card reader without direct physical contact (such as inserting the whole card into the card reader). In terms of data transmission speed, 2 12 kbit messages are transmitted per second. Mondex and Visa Cash, which have been eliminated in China Mainland and Hongkong, are both contact smart cards, which can only transmit 9.6 kbit messages per second, so they are inevitably replaced by Octopus. The entire Octopus system was designed by ERG Trit Systems, headquartered in Perth, Australia. ERG is responsible for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the whole system. How to Use Octopus Operator on First Bus Octopus is a contactless smart card, which is very convenient to use in electronic money. Whether it is trading or adding value, the operation is very simple. When using Octopus to pay in the transaction process, the user only needs to put the Octopus card near the card reader, and the payment will be automatically deducted. The average transaction time is only 0.3 seconds. After the transaction is completed, the card reader will beep, and the display will show the deduction amount and the balance in the card. Usually, when paying preferential fares (such as bus fares for children and the elderly), the tone of "DuDu" will be higher. A higher-pitched and longer-lasting beep indicates that the transaction has not been completed, and the red light of the card reader will light up. Common reasons are that the card is not for the card reader, the balance is less than HK$ 0, or the balance will be less than-HK$ 35 after the transaction. The reader can automatically judge the appropriate preferential charges, such as points plan, transfer discount and "subway discount station". As Octopus is a contactless smart card, even ordinary materials (such as plastic and leather) separated by several centimeters can be perceived by the card reader, so you can conduct Octopus transactions only by picking up wallets, handbags and even clothes bags placed near the card reader.