On the afternoon of August 11, the city’s first QR code doorplate was installed in Dongchen Yihao Fengjing Residential Complex, Zhongnan Road, Wujiagang district, marking the official start of distribution of QR code doorplates in Yichang.

　　The QR code doorplate is made by adding the QR pattern generated by corresponding standard address to the physical doorplate. It is the “digital identity card” of buildings and houses in general terms. Starting from August, Yichang will gradually distribute QR code doorplates in 196 villages and communities across six districts, including Xiling district, Wujiagang district, Dianjun district, Xiaoting district, Yichang High-Tech Zone, and Yiling district. The public security authorities, together with the comprehensive governance departments and grid governance departments, will organize police officers, grid-based community workers, and installers to distribute QR code doorplates.

　　The QR code doorplates possess three main characteristics: uniqueness, standardization, and precision. First, by issuing QR code doorplate numbers, each address or each building is assigned a unique identification, and this is similar to an ID card. Second, the plates are compiled strictly according to geographical name and address standards to prevent multiple names or duplicates. Third, they can also provide precise geographic coordinates and spatial location information, so the address names are linked with spatial information. Furthermore, QR code doorplates is empowered with multiple services. Residents can scan the codes with their mobile phones to access convenient services related to their address, such as social welfare, healthcare, wellness services, children’s education, and logistics distribution.

　　Related staff stated that scanning the QR code on the doorplate will only display the address and information about convenient services. It does not involve personal privacy, so there is no need to worry about information leakage. The funding for the centralized distribution of QR code doorplates is coordinated and covered by the government, so citizens do not need to pay any fees.

　　According to the Regulation on Geographical Names Management, if individuals set up, dismantle, move, alter, obstruct, or damage geographical name signs without authorization, they will be ordered by the department responsible for setting up, maintaining, and managing geographical name signs to rectify the problem and fined between 1,000 and 5,000 yuan.

　　If citizens find any of the above behaviors, please call 110 promptly to report to the public security authorities, or make a report through the app Shimin e Jia (Citizen’s e-Home). (Reporter/Pi Yajie, Correspondent/Tan Xiaolei)