德国网红致信默克尔：请向中国学习无现金经济

德国网红致信默克尔：请向中国学习无现金经济

German Internet Celebrity in China Calls on Merkel to Promote Cashless Economy

28岁的德裔托马斯·德克森是一名网红，他在微博、美拍和其他社交网络上拥有几百万个中国粉丝。近日，他在微博和脸书上上传了一份致德国总理安吉拉·默克尔的公开信，呼吁在德国推进无现金经济。

德克森在中国上海已经生活十年了，他见证了中国创新的快速发展，比如说共享单车、手机支付以及阿里巴巴各种产品的大发展。

在致默克尔的公开信中，德克森特别高度赞扬了中国繁荣的无现金经济。他写道:“无论是付钱给出租车司机、给太太买花、买一瓶水或者是交电费，我都能用我的手机全部解决。手机支付不仅帮助我们节约时间，对于顾客和商家而言更为安全和便捷，它还更加卫生和经济。”

2016年，德克森从上海到杭州一日游，他全程只用手机支付。他的故事上传到微博后被很多人分享，同时也吸引了几百万中国粉丝。

根据近期的一项研究，70%的中国网友表示，他们日常生活中不需要现金。中国常用的手机支付系统支付宝计划在五年内使中国全面实现无现金。

德克森说道:“作为一名合格的德国银行职员，我知道现金对于德国人的重要性。德国人十分保守，害怕新生事物的潜在风险。相反，中国人十分愿意尝试新生事物。”

德克森表示:“大部分德国人习惯用现金支付，不足5%的德国人使用过手机支付。”(ChinaDaily供稿）

托马斯·德克森在菜市场使用手机支付

Twenty-eight-years-old German-born Thomas Derksen, an online celebrity with millions of Chinese fans on Weibo and Meipai and other social networks, recently posted a public letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Weibo and Facebook, calling for the promotion of a cashless economy in Germany.

Having lived in Shanghai, China, for ten years, Derksen has witnessed the rapid development of Chinese innovation, such as bike sharing, mobile payment, and the expansion of various Alibaba products.

In his public letter to Merkel, Derksen spoke highly of China’s booming cashless economy in particular. “No matter if I want to pay the taxi driver, buy fl owers for my wife, buy a bottle of water, or even pay my electricity bill, I can do all that with my mobile phone,” he wrote. “Mobile payment not just helps us save time, is safer and more convenient for customers and vendors, but also is more sanitary and economical.”

Derksen made a daytrip from Shanghai to Hangzhou in 2016 using only his mobile phone for payments. His story, which is posted on Weibo, was widely shared, and attracted tens of millions of Chinese fans.

According to a recent survey, 70% of mainland cititizens say they don’t need cash for everyday life. Alipay, the most used mobile payment system in China, plans to make China cashlessy within fi ve years.

“As a qualif i ed bank clerk in Germany, I experienced how important cash still is for the Germans,” said Derksen. “Germans are very conservative, fearing the potential risks of new things. Chinese people, on the contrary, are very willing to try something new.”

Most Germans are used to paying with cash, and no more than fi ve percent of Germans have used mobile payment.