Although you can go to China Bank for foreign currency exchange business on weekends, because there is no real-time exchange rate on Saturday and Sunday, you can only use last Friday's quotation for exchange to avoid the risks brought by exchange rate changes.

Therefore, the Bank of China stipulates that only US dollars can be exchanged on Saturday and Sunday. In some special places, other foreign currencies can still be exchanged on Saturdays and Sundays (for example, Sichuan Airport Sub-branch of Bank of China can handle various foreign currency exchange businesses on Saturdays and Sundays).

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Foreign currency exchange business object

China natural persons in People's Republic of China (PRC) and China natural persons with China passports who have not obtained permanent residency abroad.

scope of business

1. Purchase of foreign exchange with actual exit behavior: individual residents travel abroad, make pilgrimage, visit relatives and friends, go abroad for medical treatment, study abroad at their own expense, study abroad, conduct business trips, go abroad for training, obtain employment, settle abroad, conduct international exchanges, and send labor services abroad.

2. Purchase of foreign exchange without actual exit behavior: payment of membership fees of overseas international organizations, overseas mail orders, and assistance from overseas immediate family members.

3. Information required for domestic residents to travel abroad at their own expense and study abroad to purchase foreign exchange:

1) Travel: Overseas tourists need to hold personal passports and valid visas (group visa holders can hold a copy of the group visa stamped by the travel agency). If you can't provide a pre-exit visa when you go to a country or region where China has visa-free entry, the bank can directly handle it with the personal passport of a domestic resident.

2) Studying abroad at one's own expense (including deposit)

A. Students studying abroad at their own expense purchase tuition fees for the first academic year or the first semester with their personal passports, valid visas, admission notices issued by overseas schools and proof of expenses (if the original admission notice and proof of expenses cannot be provided, fax or online download can be provided).

B. Students who study abroad at their own expense will purchase tuition fees for the second academic year or later, with a copy of their personal passport, a valid visa and proof of expenses for the corresponding academic year or semester; For students who have studied abroad and continue to study in other schools, they can refer to the requirements for purchasing tuition fees for the second academic year or after the end of the semester when purchasing tuition fees for the schools they plan to attend.

C. Students studying abroad at their own expense purchase the living expenses for the first academic year or semester with their private passports, valid visas and admission notices issued by overseas schools; Students who go abroad to buy living expenses at their own expense after the second academic year or semester shall apply with their personal passports, copies of valid visas, student ID cards or proof of tuition fees in the current year (semester) and other proof of study.

If the ID number is not indicated in the passport of the purchaser of foreign exchange, the ID card or household registration book must still be provided at the same time when purchasing foreign exchange.

D. Under special circumstances, students studying abroad at their own expense can only obtain a valid entry visa after remitting money or paying a visa deposit in a domestic bank, they are allowed to go through the formalities of purchasing foreign exchange with the required certification materials after paying a deposit of 2,000 yuan in the bank.

E. After exchanging tuition and living expenses for each academic year or school year, students studying abroad at their own expense may not apply for exchanging foreign exchange equivalent to US$ 5,000 and US$ 8,000 for more than half a year (including half a year).

F other circumstances of actual exit behavior, holding personal passport, valid visa and other relevant valid documents.

All commercial banks in Chinese mainland do not exchange foreign currency cash, including foreign currency that has stopped circulating, slightly damaged foreign currency and foreign currency of some small currency countries. In Chinese mainland, there are a large number of valuable foreign banknotes with small face value, slight damage and small currency value.

Through the secured transaction function of Alipay, the leading independent third-party payment platform in China, these valuable banknotes will be returned to the issuing country through legal channels, reducing unnecessary worries among the people.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-foreign currency exchange