BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Ouyang Huiyu, a student at Tsinghua University in Beijing, scanned the QR code on a bicycle. Within seconds it was unlocked and he could cycle off across campus.
Tsinghua covers a vast 356 acres, which makes biking a crucial part of daily campus life.
"Bicycles are the easiest way to get about," said Ouyang, adding that most of his classmates at Tsinghua also make use of shared bikes.
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Bicycle sharing kicked off in China with city government programs, but the bicycles had to be locked in designated racks, and the point-to-point system never really caught on.
Although China's public transportation system is now better than ever, coping with rush-hour has always proven difficult.
Bicycle-sharing services lighten this burden and have the added benefits of making the first or final kilometers of a commute a more pleasant experience and being good for the cyclists' health.
There are close to 400 million bicycles in China, according to Dai Wei, founder and CEO of ofo, one of the biggest bike-share providers.
"Whenever I was in need of a bicycle, I found all of the bikes around belonged to other people," Dai told Xinhua, so he began to think about how everybody could have a bicycle at a moment's notice.
Dai, a graduate of Peking University, deployed the first batch of ofo bikes on campus in September, 2015 and the idea was an instant hit.
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