Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Chinese Yuan (CNY)
- Symbol
- ¥ — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- ¥123,456.78
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 6.766896311153 CNY (ecb, 2026-07-16)
Tax
- 6% — services
- 3% — simplified
- 9% — necessities transport
Payment methods in China
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 alipay
- 02 wechat pay
- 03 unionpay
- 04 card
Card schemes that work domestically: unionpay, visa, mastercard, amex, jcb, diners. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- zh-CN
- Official languages
- Chinese
- Regional
- Uyghur, Zhuang, Mongolian (Mongolian), Tibetan, Korean
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- YYYY/MM/DD
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +86
- Mobile format
- +86 1XX XXXX XXXX
- Digits
- 11
China: common questions
What currency does China use?
China uses the Chinese Yuan (CNY), symbol ¥. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as ¥123,456.78.
How many decimal places does CNY have?
CNY has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the VAT rate in China?
The standard VAT rate in China is 13.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in China?
The methods that matter in China, in rough order of use: alipay, wechat pay, unionpay, card.
What is the dialling code for China?
China's country calling code is +86. Mobile numbers are formatted +86 1XX XXXX XXXX (11 digits after the country code).
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