I would send your passport over. Your passport number is not like your Social security number where it’s something you need to hide. In China, proper identification is often necessary to move money anywhere and when you live there, you give out your passport info to so many different people it’s not even funny. So it’s either send a copy of your passport page or don’t get the money.

You can convert British pounds for example into Chinese Yuan by a transfer to a person with a chinese national identity card, like a spouse.

for foreigners to traNSFER form home to china Two currencies need to be involved before rmb. So, as an example you can transfer british pounds into american dollars as a deposit in your chinese bank account as a foreigner. then you would have to do another transfer at your local branch. the single transaction limit is 31,00o CNY ( renminbi). It’s an expensive option.

Hey Amanda, thanks for the clarification! You are correct. The way around this as a foreigner, though, is to transfer money to your Chinese Paypal account and then connect that to your Chinese bank account if you have one for transfer. It’s not a smooth transaction, but it usually works.

It all depends on the amount. If it’s a lot…that’s going to be hard. He will be required to prove to the bank that he has paid all necessary taxes on that money before it can be converted to USD and transferred to the US.

Alternatives could be that he walks the money across the border (there are limits) or has trusted friends help him do that. He could also distribute money to friends in China who may have USD holdings that could work. He might have to either go through the red tape or get creative.

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