Beijing introduces palm-print access on subway line. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

An innovative service enabling people to pay with their palms was officially launched at Shenzhen University on Tuesday – the first university in the country to support such a service.

The Campus One Palm service, jointly launched by WeChat Pay, Tencent Ecard and Shenzhen University, allows students to shop and buy food by swiping their palms with WeChat as long as they subscribe to the service. The payment can be completed in one to two seconds.

The method will also be gradually adopted in the business, retail, catering and fitness fields

“Compared with the campus card and QR code payment, the new palm-recognition service is more convenient. You don’t have to worry about your mobile phone running out of battery or inconvenient scanning. It’s also faster to swipe your palm when there’re many people queuing up during peak meal hours,” said Wang Xichuan, a student at Shenzhen University.

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Using the palm as a new mode of payment follows that of using a password, fingerprint and facial recognition, which was officially unveiled by WeChat Pay earlier this month.

The new service is being applied in public transportation. On Beijing’s Daxing International Airport Line, passengers are able to take the subway train by scanning their palms.

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The method will also be gradually adopted in the business, retail, catering and fitness fields.