Yin's company has become the first batch of catering businesses to resume on-site operations since the local government issued a guideline to gradually reopen on-site dinning services in the city's downtown areas on Feb 20.

The partnership will see Alipay become immediately available as a payment option for Chinese tourists across Pi Pay's merchant network in Cambodia, which consists of over 1,400 businesses, including high-end dinning, haute couture fashion, spa treatment, mini-marts and petrol stations, said a joint statement released at the signing ceremony here.

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China will ramp up efforts to expand service-related consumption, such as dinning, culture, tourism, sports and healthcare services.