UnionPay Unveils Smart Payment Service Support Plan, Facilitating Cross — Border Payments for APEC "China Year"

EQS Newswire / 28/09/2026 / 09:45 CET/CEST SHENZHEN, CHINA — 1 Media OutReach Newswire — 28 September 2026 — On September 24, UnionPay officially released the "Qianhai Smart Payment Service Support Plan for the 2026 APEC 'China Year'," aimed at facilitating payments for global visitors to Shenzhen. UnionPay has developed a comprehensive product matrix encompassing bank cards, QR code payments, and mobile Pay (mobile contactless solutions). Leveraging its core solutions, UnionPay is breaking down barriers to inbound payments by enabling the direct use of international UnionPay cards and partner wallets in China's mainland and by allowing international UnionPay cards to be added to China-based wallets. Inbound visitors can swipe international UnionPay cards directly, or add them to mobile Pay services such as Apple Pay for tap-and-go payments. In terms of QR code payments, over 200 overseas partner wallets from more than 37 countries and regions can read and process UnionPay QR codes in China's mainland. Alternatively, cardholders can also link their UnionPay cards to mobile apps such as the Nihao China App, Alipay, and WeChat Pay for QR code payments. Notably, in addition to.