And before getting too excited, note that those selected stations are relatively few, essentially the stations on these high-speed routes:
Chengdu - Chongqing
Shanghai - Nanjing
Kunming - Lijiang
Guangzhou - Zhuhai
Hainan Ring
Yes, and everything in-between. I saw the new machines in Suzhou a while back. But this is the first step with the whole network done by year-end.
Actually my in-laws in Nanjing have not used paper tickets to go to Shanghai for a few years now.
But the important news here is that it will also work for foreigners.