Simplified payments to facilitate foreign visitors

China has unveiled a guideline to improve payment services, which experts say underscores top policymakers' strengthened focus on addressing any payment difficulties facing international visitors as the country aims to boost inbound tourism and attract foreign investment.

Efforts in this regard are expected to accelerate and reap concrete advances this year, they said, with major Chinese payment platforms having quintupled the transaction cap for foreigners' mobile payments.

The General Office of the State Council, China's Cabinet, published a guideline on improving payment services and enhancing payment convenience on Thursday as part of the country's high-level opening-up agenda — a move to better meet the diversified payment needs of the elderly and foreign visitors.