Got any screenshots of your travel code on your phone? Keep ‘em. That’s because our green-arrowed, once-perpetual friend is no more, in the latest development that is at present an almost-daily step toward life as normal in the Middle Kingdom.
It’s but almost 2 months shy of being an aspect of daily life in China for the past 3 years. But open up the health code section on Alipay today and find the travel code has gone.
在过去的三年里，它距离成为中国日常生活的一个方面仅差近两个月的时间。但今天打开支付宝健康码部分，发现出行码不见了。
Ironically, it has taken until now, the code’s demise, for us end users to become familiar with its real name. Colloquially abbreviated to “travel code” (行程码), the facility was in fact named, “Mobile Itinerary Card” (通信行程卡).
具有讽刺意味的是，直到现在，该代码的消亡，我们最终用户才熟悉了它的真实名称。该设施通俗地缩写为“旅行码”，实际上被命名为“移动行程卡”。
But that’s suddenly now a thing of the past too. According to the code’s WeChat mini app change log, Mobile Itinerary Card was renamed “Account Cancelled” (该帐号已注销) yesterday, 13 December.
但现在这也突然成为过去式了。根据微信小程序代码变更日志，手机行程卡已于昨天（12月13日）更名为“该账户已注销”。
The move came after the travel code’s developer, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (中国信息通信研究院), announced on Monday the system would be deactivated within the next 24 hours, reports Caixin.
据财新报道，该出行码的开发商中国信息通信研究院周一宣布，该系统将在未来 24 小时内停用。
The discontinuation, made under order from the State Council, became effective at 00:00 yesterday.
该禁令是根据国务院命令于昨天 00:00 生效。
Looking to the protection of privacy, it is further reported that all user data contained with the former travel code shall be deleted.
据报道，为了保护隐私，原旅行代码中包含的所有用户数据都将被删除。
The mini app’s privacy statement is worded, “According to the promise of the applet developer, the applet has not processed your personal information at present. If you find that the developer has made false promises or improperly handled your personal information, you can make a complaint”.
该小程序的隐私声明的措辞是“根据小程序开发者的承诺，目前小程序尚未处理您的个人信息。如果您发现开发者做出虚假承诺或不当处理您的个人信息，您可以进行投诉”。
With the travel code WeChat mini app first registered on 5 March, 2020, its deactivation after almost 3 years is a milestone toward China’s complete reopening, while many believe the centralised quarantine requirement for international arrivals will be a thing of the past as soon as next March.
旅行码微信小程序于 2020 年 3 月 5 日首次注册，近三年后的停用是中国全面重新开放的一个里程碑，而许多人认为，对国际入境者的集中检疫要求最快将于明年 3 月成为过去。
