The functions of Beijing Tong are:
1. Elderly people with Beijing Tong cards can take Beijing public transportation for free, enter some parks for free, and recharge for subway rides.
2. Beijing Tong has the function of a bank debit card, which can be deposited with cash for swiping and eliminating.
3. Holding a Beijing Tong card can also enjoy priority and preferential services when spending money in the elderly and disabled service units.
4. Subsidies for home care services for Beijing Tong card holders are also issued to this card.
Expanded Information:
Beijing Tong card holders can also enjoy preferential services when spending at elderly and disabled service units. The elderly do not need to have any doubts about the safety of this card," said a source from the Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Beijing.
The chip of this card is purely domestic, and it is the first time that a domestic chip card has been used on such a large scale in Beijing, which is not only comparable to the function of foreign chips, but also more secure in terms of information security for the cardholders.
Previously, the elderly over 65 years of age to take the bus only need to show the senior citizen card can enjoy free, and now although still free, but on and off the bus are required to brush the operation of the card many older people do not understand, think it is redundant.
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs has thought about the person in charge of explaining, "the increase in this way can grasp the various time periods, sections of the elderly travel by car detailed and accurate big data information, which facilitates the relevant departments to better plan and deploy public transportation resources, more convenient for the elderly to travel".
That is to say, every accurate swipe of the card is for the government to better provide more accurate and high-quality services for the elderly group to lay the foundation.
People's Daily Online - "Beijing Tong - Senior Citizen Disabled Card" officially launched more than 10 days