Banking in China
Beijing is home to a number of Western bank branches; you'll have less luck when searching in more remote cities.
Beijing
Beijing Bank of America
China World Trade Center #1
26th Floor, Room 2609
Jianguomen Wei Avenue
Beijing 100004, PRC
(010) 505-3508
Fax: (010) 6505-3509
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
Beijing Representative Office
Room 509, SCITE Tower
22 Jianguomenwai Daijie
Beijing, PRC
(010) 512-3457
Fax: (010) 512-3693
Shanghai
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
Shanghai Representative Office
Shop 203A, Retail Shop
Shanghai Centre
1376 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai, PRC
(021) 279-7022
Fax: (021) 279-7023
Wire Transfers
If you need to wire money or have money wired to you while in China, go through Western Union and its China affiliate, China Courier Service Corp (CCSC). Western Union charges a 5 percent service fee. The service will be available in Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Qingdao, Xi'an, Urumqi, Hangzhou, and Nanjing. The China Courier Service Corp in Beijing is located at Yong An Lu No. 173; North Building, 2nd Floor; Xuan Wu District; Beijing. It can be reached by phone at (010) 6318-2045 or (010) 6318-4286. Information can also be obtained by calling one of the following hotlines:
- Beijing: (010) 6318-4313 or (010) 6318-4285
- Dalian : (0411) 265-5544
- Hangzhou : (0571) 781-6298
- Nanjing: (025) 541-0611
- Qingdao : (0532) 386-0802
- Shanghai : (021) 356-8129
- Urumqi : (0991) 585-0140
- Xi'an : (029) 727-7693




