From next month, Shanghai citizens will only need to log on to www.962233.com or www.shfft.com , and they will then be one mouse-click away from paying all their bills such as gas, water, phone, etc.
Some people living in certain commercial buildings will be even more fortunate–they will be able to go through the process merely by scaning their bills into automatic paying terminals installed near their homes.
This "Payment Network" is one of the practical benefits that the Shanghai Municipal government has been promising to its citizens for 2004. Currently, the system has been completed and is ready to begin operation.