The “New Four Great Inventions” of China Impact on the World

周一翔

【Abstract】China has changed the way of life of the Chinese people through the Chinas “New Four Great Inventions”-AliPay， Shared bike， Online shopping， High-speed rail. High-speed rail makes our trip faster than before. Shared bike let the short walk become more environmentally friendly. Alipay replaces part of the cash payment and will gradually let the barter disappear. Online shopping makes many business opportunities on the internet come true. Predictably that China was already use its own power to become the technological country.

【Key words】Chinas “New Four Great Inventions”； AliPay； Shared bike； Online shopping； High-speed rail

1. What are the Chinas “New Four Great Inventions”？

When it comes to the Chinas “New Four Great Inventions”， We can talk the four ancient Chinese inventions first. —Compass， Gunpowder， Papermaking and Printing， which was famous as invention in the world. In the modern society， contemporary China with the “ new four inventions” appeared in front of the world， shows the power of China once again. The Chinas “New Four Great Inventions” are AliPay， Shared bike， Online shopping and High-speed rail. This means that China has become a science and technology country from a raw material exporter.

2. What did the Chinas “New Four Great Inventions” bring to us？

2.1 High-speed rail—Modern transportation make everybody neighbors

The invention of the high-speed railway makes it easy to thousands of miles a day. Today Chinas rail transit technology is the best， the Chinas daily average of 4， 000 trains， sending about 4.6 million passengers. More importantly， the High-speed rail has changed the bad experience， high-speed rail attendants attitude make passengers to live better than before.

2.2 Online shopping - Dont need to go out to find the needs for living

Online shopping， as the name implies， is to pay money online. The seller brought buyer purchases to the buyers home. China has 751 million internet users， 724 million mobile phone users， total transactions on November 11 and December 12 hit a record high every year. Online shopping， let Chinese internet users enjoy “shopping carnival” every day.

2.3 Alipay – A software which can replace cash payment.

With intelligence phones popularization， AliPay has become an indispensable APP. Payment can be done by rich-scan the “QR code”. Today AliPay is moving towards the ambition of “replacing cash payments”. As at 31 July 2017， both the mobile payment account and the daily transaction were over 600 million.

2.4 Shared bike - Convenient， low-carbon travel.

What is the shared bike？You can download the app about shared bike， then pay some money， then you can use bicycles everywhere on the street. In June 2017， MOBIKE and OFO has completed a new round of financing worth hundreds of millions of dollars each other. The invention of shared bike let the short walk become more convenient and faster， and reduces carbon emissions at the same time.

3. Chinas “New Four Great Inventions” spread from China to the world

3.1 Changes in China

The emergence of the Chinas “New Four Great Inventions” completely changed the life of the Chinese people. Citizens can choose shared bike or high-speed rail. When shopping， the buyer will take out a mobile phone to “rich-scan”， and the seller will take out QR code， to avoid the need to change the embarrassment. When people want to buy something， they can buy it online. That was unbelievable before. The Chinese people will live happier than before.

3.2 Whether the Chinas “New Four Great Inventions” will not adapt to the foreign countries

In fact， these four inventions are not original in China. High - speed rail has been put into operation in the United States as early as a few years ago. Today， nearly 60 percent of the worlds high-speed rail were made in China. Ebay in the United States is the founder of online shopping. But with the emergence of the internet， China has become the worlds largest online shopping country. Alipay， which has become the worlds top mobile payment product， has established service platforms in 27 countries. Mobike currently has more than 5 million worldwide and has more than 100 million registered users. Thus， the name of “new four inventions” is not what the Chinese people say ourselves. The youth of the 20 countries elected， the Chinas “ new four inventions”.

4. Summary

Predictably， that the emergence of the new four inventions will contribute to the development of the world. The high-speed rail has reached around the world. The world is popularizing AliPay， online shopping and shared bike are also changing the world in their own ways， but also means that China is going to be strong again. The four great inventions， means that China is working with the world to create a better future. Ten years ago， foreigners saw China as a “fake”， and now China has become a representative of “creative”. China is changing， the world is changing too， believe that China will have more “four inventions” to influence the world in the future.

References：

[1]Yao Yuxiu.Chinas “new four great inventions”show the power of the scientific and technological China China CIO News 2017.10：6-7.