The Council has participated in more than 200 companies and organizations such as banks and retail giants as well as the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to expand cashless settlement to deal with shortage of shops, etc. On the 9th, the issue of expanding the use of "QR code settlement" rapidly advancing in China etc was discussed.

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry staff in charge of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, each of which carries out settlement services such as online mail order and mobile phone company independently performs the business of QR code, so the format for reading information differs, We pointed out that it is difficult for people to use it.

The Council wants to summarize the guidelines for standardization of "QR code settlement" during the current fiscal year, and further problems will be identified in the public and private sectors in future, technical problems and each business operator should We decided to organize the correspondence etc.

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has set a goal to raise the ratio of cashless settlement to 40% of the current twice in 2025, and full-scale efforts toward standardization of "QR code settlement" I am about to begin.