Customers experience Beijing's first self-service bookstore
A customer tries to enter the bookstore by standing on a weighing inductor and scanning a face recognition system in a compartment at the entry of a 24-hour self-service bookstore in Beijing on March 12, 2018. [Photo/Chinanews.com]
Beijing’s first 24-hour self-service bookstore is located inside the Beijing International Book Mall in Tongzhou district, covering an area of 30 square meters.
Being a self-service bookstore, there is no store assistant. Customers scan their faces to enter the bookstore. They pick up books then scan a QR code to pay for their items.
Since its launch on Jan 12, Beijing’s first 24-hour self-service bookstore has received hundreds of customers, according to Mu Bei, the person in charge.
He said that another 20 self-service bookstores will be set up in Beijing during 2018.
