IMI Intelligent Multifunctional Identity

Chancheng district in the city of Foshan launched an e-government services platform for smartphones on Oct 30, allowing citizens to receive 20 government services at anywhere at any time. Those services range from personal insurance certificates, tax payments and elderly pensions, recruitment, and living allowances for disabled people. The app is called Lingpaotui, which literally means zero legwork. Of the 20 government services, users can finish eight without the need to hand over any materials. If users require a printed version, the app will contact the staff members in the relevant government organizations who print the materials out and send them by post. Before using the Lingpaotui app, citizens need to download another app called IMI, short for intelligent multifunctional identity, which is used to help citizens to prove their identities over the internet.