PRACTICAL GUIDES
Pay
Cards, cash and mobile payments.
Mainland China · Guangzhou examples
Paying in China with a foreign bank card
Link a card, make a small test payment, and keep cash for the moments an app will not work.
Mainland China
Your payment failed: what to check next
Check whether money moved before trying again.
Guangzhou
Can you pay cash in Guangzhou?
Keep small RMB notes for shops, taxis and payment-app failures.
Mainland China
Payment QR codes: should you scan or show your code?
Two ways to pay a shop—and one different code for transport.
Mainland China · Guangzhou branch example
Open a bank account in China with a foreign passport
Call the branch first, take your original passport and expect identity and tax-residency checks.