Ant Group: Alipay passed the first batch of aging-friendly and barrier-free level assessments

On January 21, today, according to the WeChat official account of Ant Group, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently announced the first batch of apps that passed the aging-friendly and barrier-free level assessment in the "Special Action for Internet Application Adaptation and Accessibility". Alipay, a subsidiary of Ant Group, became one of the first apps to pass the assessment.

Officials said that as one of the first batch of pilot companies for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's App adaptation for the elderly and barrier-free service upgrades, they have continued to promote the transformation and optimization of their own products and services over the past year.

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It is understood that in July last year, Alipay launched the "Elderly Mode", which not only increased the font icons and simplified the operation pages, but also removed functions and marketing push that are not commonly used by the elderly. People over 65 years old can directly reach the manual service entrance with one click.

At the same time, through the "Blue Vest" volunteer action, it has visited more than 60 cities in a year and served more than 200,000 elderly people.

In addition, the "wave" verification code developed for visually impaired users is also open to the entire industry free of charge through the national accessibility patent opening working group.

It is reported that in December last year, Liu Liehong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, announced that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will carry out a one-year "Special Action for Internet Application Adaptation for the Elderly and Accessible Renovation" from January 2022, focusing on solving the difficulties encountered by special groups such as the elderly and the disabled when using the Internet and other smart technologies. The first batch will give priority to promoting 115 websites in eight categories and 43 apps in six categories for adaptation for the elderly and barrier-free renovation.