1. If ICBC cooperates with American Express, just ask your friend to give you his ICBC account number, account name, bank name and SWIFT code. But you should go to the processing point of American Express.

2. By telegraphic transfer, established banks can, for example, Bank of new york, Chase Bank, Citibank and HSBC. They also need their own ICBC account number, account name, bank name and SWIFT code, and they should be able to make remittances at the counters of the above banks.

3. Find an American industrial and commercial bank, use the express remittance service of ICBC, and ask for his ICBC account number, account name and bank name. This should be the fastest.

4. Or use Western Union remittance to let your friend open an account at the post office or the Agricultural Bank of China.