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many large shops in Běijīng, once you have chosen your item you are issued with a re-
ceipt that you take to the till counter
(shōuyíntái)
where you pay, then you return to the
counter where you chose your medicine to collect your purchase. Note that many chemists
are effectively open 24 hours and have a small window or slit through which you can pay
for and collect medicines through the night.
Watson's
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( Qūchénshì; CC17 Oriental Plaza, 1 Dongchang'an Jie, Dōngchéng)
Has
many branches and is geared towards selling cosmetics, sunscreens, deodorants and the
like.
Shāngdiàn;
8.30am-9pm)
For a large range of
6524 0122; 267 Wangfujing Dajie, Dōngchéng;
Western and Chinese drugs.
Money
Rénmínbì (RMB), or 'people's money', is issued by the Bank of China. The basic unit of
Chinese currency is the
yuán,
designated in this topic by a '¥', but usually written in shops
and on signs with its Chinese character .
Yuán
is also referred to colloquially as
kuài
or
kuàiqián
. There are also smaller denominations of
jiǎo
and
fěn
. Ten
jiǎo
- in spoken
Chinese, it's known as
máo
- make up one
yuán
. Ten
fēn
make up one
jiǎo
, but these
days
fēn
are rare because they are worth next to nothing
.
ATMs
Most ATMs (
qǔkuǎnjī
) in Běijīng now accept foreign credit cards and bank cards con-
nected to Plus, Cirrus, Visa, MasterCard and Amex; there could be a small withdrawal
charge levied by your bank (or the local bank).
The following banks have extensive ATM networks:
Bank of China
(Zhōngguó Yínháng)
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
(Gōngshāng Yínháng)
China Construction Bank
(Zhōngguó Jiànshè Yínháng)
Agricultural Bank of China (ABC)
(Zhōngguó Nóngyè Yínháng)
