Alipay Adds 'Health Fortune' Red Envelope for 2026 Spring Festival, AI App Ant A-Fu Distributes Exclusive Rewards

The 2026 Spring Festival “Alipay Fortune Collection” campaign will launch at 0:00 on February 3 and run through Chinese New Year’s Eve. Users can participate by accessing the Fortune Collection venue from the Alipay homepage. Reportedly, the most significant change to this year’s campaign is the addition of a “Health Fortune” alongside the traditional “Five Fortunes,” distributed by the health AI assistant “Ant Afu.” After claiming the “Health Fortune” in the Alipay Fortune Collection venue, users will receive an additional small red packet containing health-themed fortune credits.

Figure: This year, Ji Fu adds a new “Health Blessing”

“After collecting ‘Fu’ cards for so many years, what I want most is a ‘Health Fu’ card.” Before this year’s Alipay “Collecting Fu” campaign even began, many netizens took to social media to call on the organizers to add a “Health Fu” card, reflecting the growing importance people place on health and well-being.

As a hidden edition of the Year of the Horse Spring Festival “Collect Fu” campaign, the newly added “Health Fu” is distributed by the health AI application “Ant Afu.” Users can enter the “Collect Fu” venue from the Alipay homepage and click to claim the “Health Fu” to receive an additional health red packet. The health red packet is credited in real time, can be used for offline payments via Alipay, and is valid for 7 days.

During the event, users who experience the A Fu features will also have a chance to win rare cards and Universal Fu.

It is reported that the 2026 Alipay “Fu Card Collection” campaign has launched a total of 19 themed Fu card sets, covering the classic Five Fu cards as well as IPs from gaming, trendy toys, film and television, and other sectors. Users may choose any six themed sets to collect; upon completing each set, they will secure a red packet worth RMB 1.68. All red packets from the IP-themed Fu card collections will be drawn uniformly at 22:18 on Chinese New Year’s Eve.

Figure: This year, Ji Fu users can choose any 6 sets of Fu cards.

Building on last year’s AI-powered “Fu” character scanning feature, this year users can also earn Fu Cards by using Alipay’s “Tap to Pay” for offline transactions such as making payments, picking up packages, renting bikes, charging devices, entering parks, and visiting exhibitions. By opening the “Scan” function in the Alipay app and using the “Lingguang Scan for Fu” feature, users can scan the character “Fu” (福) or any physical objects or photos featuring the Chinese character for “horse” (马) or images of horses, for a chance to receive Fu Cards.

Alipay’s “Collect Fu” campaign, launched in 2016, has been held consecutively for 11 years, attracting over 1 billion participants to date. According to the project lead at Alipay, the campaign has consistently leveraged technology to reinterpret tradition, evolving into a “digital New Year custom” that accompanies hundreds of millions of users and embodies their aspirations for a better life as well as their simple, heartfelt sentiments.