Foreigners visiting China can now use WeChat Pay and Alipay
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Tuesday, 04 July 2023 10:46
Foreigners visiting China can now use WeChat Pay and Alipay
By Sam Varghese
Chinese online pay services WeChat Pay and Alipay can now be used by tourists, with Tencent Holdings and Ant group facilitating the use by foreigners who visit China.
The South China Morning Post reported that from July, tourists would be able to use Visa and other international cards to pay for taxi rides, meals and tickets to tourist attractions.
WeChat Pay and Alipay are the two dominant mobile payment services in the Middle Kingdom but the use of foreign bank cards was, until now, not allowed by the government.
Royal Chen Qiru, vice-president of Tencent Financial Technology, told the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions on 28 June: “Tencent has been working hard to provide greater access to China’s online and offline merchants for overseas visitors under the guidance of relevant regulatory bodies and policies.
The SCMP, which is owned by Alibaba, said overseas bank cards issued by Visa, Diners Club International and Discover, could also be used with Alipay.
The report said more than 911 million Chinese used online payment services in December 2022, accounting for about 85% of the Internet population, citing the China Internet Network Information Centre.
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