If you only buy funds online, the salary card is only used for the transfer of funds. The funds are not in this card, but in the online account.
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You can apply for a new card at ICBC and open online payment service, and then you can use it like the previous salary card.
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If you buy a fund in a bank, the bank will give you a fund card and there will be an account linked to this fund card. You used to use a salary card account, but now you can open another passbook and link it to the new account.