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China Summer Camp | Pocket Money

The program fee is all-inclusive, meaning students don’t need to pay anything at our camp. However, it does not cover personal spendings such as private outings, extra food, and drinks, shopping for souvenirs, etc. Students should bring some pocket money. A suggested amount is 100-150USD for each week of stay. If students need to do some serious shopping, a lot more.

Younger students may deposit their pocket money with counselors and withdraw money on a daily basis. The counselors will note deposits and withdrawals and keep an eye on the student’s spending habits, in order to help them budget their money. If you anticipate that your child will need additional money, it will be your responsibility to deliver the money, because we cannot receive or deliver money to students through our account.

A Quick Shanghai & Beijing Price Index
(recorded in 2020 when the exchange rate of USD to RMB is 1:6:86)

Food (in supermarket)
Apple: 15rmb/kg
Orange: 10rmb/kg for local oranges, 25rmb/kg for imported(Sunkist)
Mineral Water(550ml): 2.5rmb
Coke(355ml): 3.5rmb
Canned Coffee: 7rmb
Milk(950ml): 12rmb
Ice cream: 3rmb
Restaurant
Fast food restaurants (McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King, etc): 30-50rmb
Ordinary Western restaurants 80-300rmb
Coffee shop (Starbucks, Costa, etc)
coffee: 30rmb
Muffin: 10rmb
Cheesecake (slice): 25rmb
Sandwich: 20rmb
Cinema 30-70rmb
Shows
Acrobats (Era): 150rmb
Musical (Lion King): 190-790rmb
Entrance Tickets
Shanghai Disneyland: 370rmb
Happy Valley Amusement Park: 200rmb
DVD 10rmb
Hair Cut Typically 50rmb, some large hairdressers charge 80-150rmb
Clothes Largely depend on brands, international brands like H&M, Zara, Gap, Nike, Adidas and luxuries are about the same as anywhere else, local brands are a bit cheaper
Souvenir T shirt 50rmb
Transportation
Bus: most buses are one price for all stops: 2rmb. Some special buses are higher: 3-4rmb
Subway: 3rmb (within 3 stops)-6rmb, typical 4rmb
Taxi: 14rmb for the first 3 km with 2.4rmb extra for each additional km