Changing money upon arrival at Beijing airport by chinagazer
When you leave migration upon arriving at the Beijing airport, you will run right into "cash exchange machines". These machines accept notes in USD, EUR, GBP , etc. Just put in some notes, press the button and collect your RMB (= CNY = renminbi = yuan). The whole operation just takes a couple of seconds.
No questions asked, no passport needed, no commission nor costs to be paid.
Official exchange rate.
Very convenient. Very fast. Machines accessible 24/7.
Nobody seems to pay attention to these machines, so no queueing.