Telephone numbers in China

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The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in the People's Republic of China. Land lines and mobile phones follow different systems: land lines use area codes, while mobile phones do not.

For land line area codes, a "0" is typically added in front when dialing domestic long distance from within mainland China, but is never added when dialing from outside mainland China. Domestic phone numbers in large cities have 8 digits, and in other areas 7 digits and no less. Mobile phone numbers have 11 digits without area codes.

The Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau are not part of this numbering plan, and use the country codes 852 and 853, respectively. See Hong Kong telephone numbering plan and Macau telephone numbering plan.

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[edit] Country codes

[edit] Mobile phones

In mainland China, mobile phone numbers have 11 digits in the format 1xx-xxxx-xxxx. The first three digits of mobile phone numbers (13x, 15x and 18x) designate the mobile phone service provider and the next four digits is a regional code and the last four digits are assigned by the mobile service provider as part of the customer ID.

Mobile service providers can be identified by the first three digits as follows:

  130/1/2      China Unicom GSM
  133          China Unicom CDMA
  1340-1348    China Mobile GSM
  1349         ChinaSat Satellite
  135/6/7/8/9  China Mobile GSM
  150          China Mobile GSM
  153          China Unicom CDMA
  156          China Unicom GSM
  157          China Mobile TD-SCDMA
  158          China Mobile GSM
  159          China Mobile GSM
  188          China Telecom TD-SCDMA
  189          China Netcom  TD-SCDMA

[edit] Area 1

The prefix 1 is used exclusively by the national capital, Beijing Municipality.

[edit] Area 2

These are area codes for the municipalities of Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing, as well as several large cities with early access to telephones. All of these cities have upgraded to an 8-number system in the past decade. The People's Republic of China reserves code 26 for Taipei, capital of Taiwan, which it claims sovereignty over, but does not actually control.

[edit] Area 3

These are area codes for the provinces of Hebei, Shanxi and Henan.

[edit] Hebei

[edit] Shanxi

[edit] Henan

[edit] Area 4

These are area codes for the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, and the provinces in Northeast China (Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang).

[edit] Inner Mongolia

[edit] Liaoning

The provincial capital, Shenyang, uses code 24.

[edit] Jilin

[edit] Heilongjiang

[edit] Area 5

These are area codes for the provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong (predominantly), Anhui, Zhejiang and Fujian.

[edit] Jiangsu

The provincial capital of Nanjing uses code 25.

[edit] Shandong - Area 5

While most areas in Shandong use the prefix 5, some areas also use the prefix 6.

[edit] Anhui

[edit] Zhejiang

[edit] Fujian

[edit] Area 6

[edit] Taiwan (proposed use)

The Republic of China on Taiwan currently uses the international calling code of 886.

[edit] Shandong - Area 6

While most areas in Shandong use the prefix 5, some areas also use the prefix 6.

[edit] Guangdong - Area 6

While most areas in Guangdong use the prefix 7, some areas also use the prefix 6. The provincial capital Guangzhou uses code 20.

[edit] Yunnan - Area 6

While most areas in Yunnan use the prefix 8, a couple of areas also use the prefix 6.

[edit] Area 7

These are area codes for the provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong (predominantly), Jiangxi, and the autonomous region of Guangxi.

[edit] Hubei

The provincial capital of Wuhan uses code 27.

[edit] Hunan

[edit] Guangdong - Area 7

Some areas in Guangdong use the prefix 6, while the provincial capital of Guangzhou uses code 20.

[edit] Guangxi

[edit] Jiangxi

[edit] Area 8

These are area codes for the provinces of Sichuan, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan (predominantly) and the autonomous region of Tibet.

[edit] Sichuan

The provincial capital of Chengdu uses code 28.

[edit] Guizhou

[edit] Yunnan - Area 8

Some areas in Yunnan use the prefix 6.

[edit] Tibet

[edit] Hainan

  • All areas -- 898

[edit] Area 9

These are area codes for northwestern regions including the provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai, as well as the autonomous regions of Ningxia and Xinjiang.

[edit] Shaanxi

The provincial capital of Xi'an uses code 29.

[edit] Gansu

[edit] Ningxia

[edit] Qinghai

[edit] Xinjiang

[edit] Emergency Numbers

From within Mainland China, the following emergency numbers are used:

(to be completed)

[edit] Others

From within Mainland China, the following special numbers are used:

(to be completed)

[edit] International Access Code

The international access code from the PRC is 00. This must also be used for calls to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau from the mainland, together with their separate international codes, as follows:

Taiwan    00 886 ...
Hong Kong 00 852 xxxx xxxx
Macau     00 853 xxx xxxx

However, calls are charged at discounted rates. (The Country Code for PRC is 86.)

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