Another fully automated supermarket opens in Xiongan

Beijing. May 15. Silkroadnews - China’s second-largest e-commerce site JD plans to open its second unmanned supermarket in Xiongan New Area, after it opened a 246 square-meter cashierless store a, China Daily reports.
The store will sell food products; the goods will be marked by digital price tags updated in real time in case of discounts. Another feature is the buyers will not even need to get their wallets to pay due to facial recognition system.
To date, JD has opened more than 10 such supermarkets in various cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Yantai, Dalian, Sichuan, Xi’an and Changchun.
Chen Kai, a supermarket manager, said the store is still in trial operation, but “it will take only 20 seconds for customers to check out, no matter how many products they buy" when the store officially starts operating,” the report reads.
As reported, the buying process will be quite simple - the buyer will be able to pick up the items and go for the exit immediately; the payment will be automatically deducted from buyer’s account.