Alibaba's Alipay Partners with Chinese Government to Assign Coronavirus Status to Citizens

In an attempt to reign in the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese government has partnered with Alibaba's (NYSE: BABA) sister company, Ant Financial, to create a color-coded health rating system that tracks millions of Chinese citizens. The system automatically assigns each person a green, yellow, or red rating indicating health status.

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Citizens sign up through Ant's popular Alipay payments app on their mobile phones. China's official news media calls the system the Alipay Health Code. It allows anyone with a green status to be in public, using a QR code on the Alipay app to check in at public locations such as subways and office buildings. Those with a yellow status may be asked to stay home for seven days, and anyone with a red status is required to undergo a two-week quarantine.

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