Recently, in order to meet the needs of passengers for protection during the epidemic, the Beijing Subway has set up 10 self-service mask vending machines with the function of selling masks in Lines 6, 7, 9, 10, 15 and S1 in the payment area and non-payment area in the 10 stations. mask vending function of the self-service vending machine.

The reporter learned from the Beijing subway service hotline that at present, Line 6 Jintai Road Station, Line 7 Hua Zhuang Station, Wansheng East Station, Line 9 Beijing West Station and Line 10 Angle Gate West Station and other stations have been set up self-service vending machines.

Beijing Subway plans to continue to set up more mask vending machines at some stations on Lines 1, 2 and 13 and the Batong Line in mid- to late December. The next step will be to gradually promote the deployment of such machines in the entire network, and strive to achieve full line coverage as soon as possible.

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National demand for self-service vending machines Greatly increased

In recent years, China's self-service vending machine ownership continues to grow, the epidemic of a variety of vending goods demand is to achieve rapid growth.

Currently, China's common self-service vending machine **** is divided into four kinds: beverage vending machine, food vending machine, integrated vending machine, automatic service machine. Among them, beverage vending machines accounted for about 53% of the total number of self-service vending machines, followed by automatic service machines, accounting for 28%, and again for ticket self-service vending machines, accounting for 8%.

The epidemic has seen a proliferation of innovative businesses in self-service vending machines. In addition to the masks mentioned above, there are cosmetic vending machines, drug vending machines, digital vending machines, automatic rice vending machines and so on in the market. In addition community unmanned retail business, food and beverage self-service business, 3D self-service printing business and other innovative businesses have also emerged in large numbers.

China Economic Weekly - Convenience! Beijing subway has set up mask vending machines in 10 stations, and will realize line-wide coverage as soon as possible