Pour les transferts internationaux vers Chine, il faut impérativement connaître le code SWIFT/BIC de l’institution bancaire de destination.
Les codes SWIFT se composent de 8 ou 11 caractères (lettres et chiffres); dans le cas de Chine, ils ont le format suivant:
Voici la liste des codes SWIFT de Chine classés par ordre alphabétique:
| Code SWIFT | Banque | Ville |
| CMBCCNBSFCT | CHINA MERCHANTS BANK | SHENZHEN |
| CMBCCNBSRMB | CHINA MERCHANTS BANK | SHENZHEN |
| CNMBCNBS | CHINESE MERCANTILE BANK | SHENZHEN |
| CNPCCNB1 | CHINA PETROLEUM FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED | BEIJING |
| CNRBCNSH | CANARA BANK, SHANGHAI BRANCH | SHANGHAI 200120 CHINA |
| COBACNBJ | COMMERZBANK AG BEIJING BRANCH | BEIJING |
| COBACNBX | COMMERZBANK AG | TIANJIN |
| COBACNSX | COMMERZBANK AG | SHANGHAI |
| COMMCN3XOBU | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | SHANGHAI 200120 |
| COMMCNSH | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | SHANGHAI 201203 |
| COMMCNSHACD | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | SHANGHAI |
| COMMCNSHAQG | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | ANQING |
| COMMCNSHASN | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | ANSHAN |
| COMMCNSHBBU | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | BENGBU |
| COMMCNSHBHI | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | BEIHAI |
| COMMCNSHBJG | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | BEIJING 100032 |
| COMMCNSHBTU | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | BAOTOU |
| COMMCNSHCCN | BANK OF COMMUNINCATIONS | CHANGCHUN |
| COMMCNSHCDU | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | CHENGDU |
| COMMCNSHCHA | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | CHANGZHOU |
| COMMCNSHCQG | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | CHONGQING |
| COMMCNSHCSA | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | CHANGSHA |
| COMMCNSHCXG | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | CHUXIONG |
| COMMCNSHDDG | BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS | DANDONG |