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Students Rent ID Cards for Summer Profit (Local) | BEIJING TODAY

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Information platforms such as 58.com, ganji.com and douban.com bear thousands of messages about how to rent student cards from different universities… The price of such cards ranges from less than 100 yuan to more than 1,000 yuan. Some cards are only available for only three months and other require a security deposit.

From Students Rent ID Cards for Summer Profit (Local) | BEIJING TODAY

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Remember when Gill Ringland spoke at the Tomorrow’s Transactions Forum a few years ago and talked about a new class of demographic assets that would confer the right to go to certain places.

The most popular campus ID cards are Peking University’s. The average Peking University card rents for 500 to 1,200 yuan per month and allows the cardholder to access the university library, teaching buildings and restaurants.

From Students Rent ID Cards for Summer Profit (Local) | BEIJING TODAY

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