In China WeChat is WhatsApp, a banking app and a government portal at once. You message drivers, landlords and suppliers in it, pay in shops and at markets with it, and order food and taxis through it.
What WeChat can do
Step by step
Nobody asks for a business card — they ask to scan your WeChat QR code. Without the app the contact often simply never happens.
Messages and calls
Chats, voice notes, video calls and group chats — work ones included.
WeChat Pay
QR payments in shops, cafés, taxis and markets. A foreign card can be linked right in the app.
Mini-programs
DiDi taxis, delivery, tickets, restaurant menus via QR — all open inside WeChat with nothing else to install.