2. If you want to buy it, I suggest going to China Bank. It's easy to buy at the foreign exchange rate of the day. Fill in the study abroad fee for the reason of purchase.
3. Interest also changes with the adjustment of interest rate at any time. The interest rate of RMB is very low, and the interest rate of foreign currency is high.
4. No matter whether you deposit RMB and then exchange it for remittance, or exchange it with the deposit bank and then remit it now, there is no inconvenience.
I'm not a professional, but my children have done this kind of thing many times when they are studying abroad, which is a bit of experience.