China
People's Republic of China · 中国
China (CN, CHN) is a country in Eastern Asia, with Beijing as its capital. The currency is the Chinese Yuan (CNY, CN¥). The international dialling code is +86 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 131 2345 6789. There are 2 time zones: Asia/Shanghai and Asia/Urumqi. Official language: Chinese.
CurrencyCNYCN¥
Dial code+86e.g. 131 2345 6789
Time zone2 zonesUTC+08:00 … UTC+06:00
LanguageChinese
CapitalBeijing
Population1.4B9.7M km²
Overview
- Official name
- People's Republic of China
- Native name
- 中国
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- CN
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- CHN
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 156
- IOC code
- CHN
- Demonym
- Chinese
- Capital
- Beijing
- Region
- Asia › Eastern Asia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Eastern Asia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .cn, .中国, .中國, .公司, .网络
- Coordinates
- 35, 105
- Area
- 9,706,961 km²
- Population
- 1,416,040,000
- GDP
- $31.2T ($22.1K per person)
- Literacy
- 95.1%
- Landlocked
- No
Currency
Chinese Yuan CNY
- Symbol
- CN¥ narrow ¥
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- ¥ 1,234.50
Former currencies: CNX
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese zh | Official | 90% (1.3B) | |
| Uyghur ug | Official (regional) | 0.55% (7.8M) | |
| Zhuang za | Official (regional) | 0.31% (4.4M) | |
| Mongolian (Mongolian) mn-Mong | Official (regional) | 0.26% (3.7M) | |
| Tibetan bo | Official (regional) | 0.2% (2.8M) | |
| Korean ko | Official (regional) | 0.15% (2.1M) | |
| Wu Chinese wuu | 6% (85M) | ||
| Cantonese yue | 5.2% (73.6M) | 5% | |
| Cantonese (Simplified) yue-Hans | 5.2% (73.6M) | 5% | |
| Xiang Chinese hsn | 2.9% (41.1M) | ||
| Hakka Chinese hak | 2.3% (32.6M) | ||
| Min Nan Chinese nan | 1.9% (26.9M) | ||
| Gan Chinese gan | 1.7% (24.1M) | ||
| Sichuan Yi ii | 0.6% (8.5M) | ||
| Kazakh (Arabic) kk-Arab | 0.085% (1.2M) | ||
| lis lis | 0.045% (637.2K) | ||
| Kyrgyz (Arabic) ky-Arab | 0.034% (481.5K) | ||
| nxq nxq | 0.024% (339.8K) | ||
| khb khb | 0.019% (269K) | ||
| tdd tdd | 0.019% (269K) | ||
| mww mww | 0.017% (240.7K) | ||
| lcp lcp | 0.0058% (82.1K) | ||
| English en | 0.0045% (63.7K) | ||
| Hmong Njua hnj | 0.004% (56.6K) | ||
| Russian ru | 0.001% (14.2K) | ||
| Vietnamese vi | 0.0005% (7.1K) | ||
| Uzbek (Cyrillic) uz-Cyrl | 0.0004% (5.7K) | ||
| Literary Chinese lzh | 0% (0) | ||
| stu-Tale stu-Tale | 0% (0) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | none | China Standard Time | |
| Asia/Urumqi | UTC+06:00 | none | GMT+06:00 |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +86
- Dial-out prefix
- 00|1(?:[12]\d|79)\d\d00 preferred 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 7–12 digits
- Emergency number
- 110 pattern 1(?:1[09]|20)
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 010 1234 5678 | +86 10 1234 5678 | XXX XXXX XXXX | [7-11] |
| Mobile | 131 2345 6789 | +86 131 2345 6789 | XXX XXXX XXXX | 11 |
| Toll free | 800 123 4567 | +86 800 123 4567 | XXX XXX XXXX | 10, 12 |
| Premium rate | 16812345 | +86 16812345 | XXXXXXXX | 8 |
| Shared cost | 400 123 4567 | +86 400 123 4567 | XXX XXX XXXX | [7-11] |
Show the 17 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{5,6}) | 1(?:00|2[13])|9[56] | 1(?:00|2(?:1|39))|9[56] | 1(?:00|2(?:1|395))|9[56] | $1 | $1 |
(\d{5,6}) | 10|781|[1-9]12 | 10|7812|[1-9]123 | 10|78123|[1-9]123 | $1 | $1 |
(\d{2})(\d{5,6}) | (?:10|2[0-57-9])[19]|3(?:[157]|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:1[124-9]|2[179]|6[47-9]|7|8[23])|5(?:[1357]|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80)|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:07|1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|3|4[13]|5[1-5]|7[0-79]|9[0-35-9])|(?:4[35]|59|85)[1-9] | (?:10|2[0-57-9])(?:1[02]|9[56])|8078|(?:3(?:[157]\d|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:1[124-9]|2[179]|[35][1-9]|6[47-9]|7\d|8[23])|5(?:[1357]\d|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80|9[1-9])|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]\d|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]\d|5[1-9]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|3\d|4[13]|5[1-5]|7[0-79]|9[0-35-9]))1 | 10(?:1(?:0|23)|9[56])|2[0-57-9](?:1(?:00|23)|9[56])|80781|(?:3(?:[157]\d|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:1[124-9]|2[179]|[35][1-9]|6[47-9]|7\d|8[23])|5(?:[1357]\d|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80|9[1-9])|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]\d|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]\d|5[1-9]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|3\d|4[13]|5[1-5]|7[0-79]|9[0-35-9]))12 | 10(?:1(?:0|23)|9[56])|2[0-57-9](?:1(?:00|23)|9[56])|807812|(?:3(?:[157]\d|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:1[124-9]|2[179]|[35][1-9]|6[47-9]|7\d|8[23])|5(?:[1357]\d|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80|9[1-9])|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]\d|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]\d|5[1-9]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|3\d|4[13]|5[1-5]|7[0-79]|9[0-35-9]))123 | 10(?:1(?:0|23)|9[56])|2[0-57-9](?:1(?:00|23)|9[56])|(?:3(?:[157]\d|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:1[124-9]|2[179]|[35][1-9]|6[47-9]|7\d|8[23])|5(?:[1357]\d|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80|9[1-9])|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]\d|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:078|1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]\d|5[1-9]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|3\d|4[13]|5[1-5]|7[0-79]|9[0-35-9]))123 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [1-9] | 1[1-9]|26|[3-9]|(?:10|2[0-57-9])(?:[0-8]|9[0-47-9]) | 1(?:0(?:[02-8]|1(?:[013-9]|2[0-24-9])|9[0-47-9])|[1-9])|2(?:[0-57-9](?:[02-8]|1(?:0[1-9]|[13-9]|2[0-24-9])|9[0-47-9])|6)|[3-9] | 1(?:0(?:[02-8]|1(?:[013-9]|2[0-24-9])|9[0-47-9])|[1-9])|2(?:[0-57-9](?:[02-8]|1(?:0[1-9]|[13-9]|2[0-24-9])|9[0-47-9])|6)|3(?:[0268]|3[0-46-9]|4[0-8]|9[079])|4(?:[049]|1[03]|2[02-68]|[35]0|6[0-356]|8[014-9])|5(?:0|2[0-24-689]|4[0-2457-9]|6[057-9]|8[1-9]|90)|6(?:[0-24578]|3[06-9]|6[14-79]|9[03-9])|7(?:0[02-9]|2[0135-79]|3[23]|4[0-27-9]|6[1457]|8)|8(?:[046]|1[01459]|2[0-489]|50|8[0-2459]|9[09])|9(?:0[0457]|1[08]|[268]|4[024-9]|5[06-9]|78|94)|(?:3(?:[157]\d|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:1[124-9]|2[179]|[35][1-9]|6[47-9]|7\d|8[23])|5(?:[1357]\d|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80|9[1-9])|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]\d|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]\d|5[1-9]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|3\d|4[13]|5[1-5]|7[0-79]|9[0-35-9]))(?:[02-9]|1(?:[013-9]|2[0-24-9])) | 1(?:0(?:[02-8]|1(?:[013-9]|2[0-24-9])|9[0-47-9])|[1-9])|2(?:[0-57-9](?:[02-8]|1(?:0[1-9]|[13-9]|2[0-24-9])|9[0-47-9])|6)|3(?:[0268]|3[0-46-9]|4[0-8]|9[079])|4(?:[049]|1[03]|2[02-68]|[35]0|6[0-356]|8[014-9])|5(?:0|2[0-24-689]|4[0-2457-9]|6[057-9]|8[1-9]|90)|6(?:[0-24578]|3[06-9]|6[14-79]|9[03-9])|7(?:0[02-9]|2[0135-79]|3[23]|4[0-27-9]|6[1457]|8)|8(?:0(?:[0-689]|7[0-79])|1[01459]|2[0-489]|[46]|50|8[0-2459]|9[09])|9(?:0[0457]|1[08]|[268]|4[024-9]|5[06-9]|78|94)|(?:3(?:[157]\d|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:1[124-9]|2[179]|[35][1-9]|6[47-9]|7\d|8[23])|5(?:[1357]\d|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80|9[1-9])|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]\d|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:078|1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]\d|5[1-9]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|3\d|4[13]|5[1-5]|7[0-79]|9[0-35-9]))(?:[02-9]|1(?:[013-9]|2[0-24-9])) | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{4})(\d{4}) | 16[08] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{8,9}) | 106 | 106[23689] | 106(?:[268]|[39][0-49]) | $1 | $1 |
(\d{3})(\d{5,6}) | 3(?:[157]|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:[17]|2[179]|6[47-9]|8[23])|5(?:[1357]|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80)|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|[379]|4[13]|5[1-5])|(?:4[35]|59|85)[1-9] | (?:3(?:[157]\d|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:[17]\d|2[179]|[35][1-9]|6[47-9]|8[23])|5(?:[1357]\d|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80|9[1-9])|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]\d|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]\d|5[1-9]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|[379]\d|4[13]|5[1-5]))[19] | 85[23](?:10|95)|(?:3(?:[157]\d|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:[17]\d|2[179]|[35][1-9]|6[47-9]|8[23])|5(?:[1357]\d|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80|9[1-9])|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]\d|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]\d|5[14-9]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|[379]\d|4[13]|5[1-5]))(?:10|9[56]) | 85[23](?:100|95)|(?:3(?:[157]\d|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:[17]\d|2[179]|[35][1-9]|6[47-9]|8[23])|5(?:[1357]\d|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80|9[1-9])|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]\d|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]\d|5[14-9]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|[379]\d|4[13]|5[1-5]))(?:100|9[56]) | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{4})(\d{4}) | [1-9] | 1(?:0(?:[02-578]|1[1-9]|6[013-579]|9[0-47-9])|[1-9])|2(?:[0-57-9](?:[0-8]|9[0-47-9])|6)|[3-9] | 1(?:0(?:[02-578]|1[1-9]|6(?:[01457]|[39][5-8])|9[0-47-9])|[1-9])|26|3(?:[0268]|4[0-8]|9[079])|4(?:[049]|2[02-68]|[35]0|6[0-356]|8[014-9])|5(?:0|2[0-24-689]|4[0-2457-9]|6[057-9]|8[1-9]|90)|6(?:[0-24578]|3[06-9]|6[14-79]|9[03-9])|7(?:0[02-9]|2[0135-79]|3[23]|4[0-27-9]|6[1457]|8)|8(?:[046]|1[01459]|2[0-489]|5(?:0|[23][0-8])|8[0-2459]|9[09])|9(?:0[0457]|1[08]|[268]|4[024-9]|5[06-9])|(?:33|85[23]9)[0-46-9]|(?:2[0-57-9]|3(?:[157]\d|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:[17]\d|2[179]|[35][1-9]|6[47-9]|8[23])|5(?:[1357]\d|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80|9[1-9])|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]\d|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]\d|5[14-9]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|[379]\d|4[13]|5[1-5]))(?:[0-8]|9[0-47-9]) | 1(?:0(?:[02-578]|1[1-9]|6(?:[01457]|[39][5-8])|9[0-47-9])|[1-9])|2(?:[0-57-9](?:[0-8]|9[0-47-9])|6)|3(?:[0268]|3[0-46-9]|4[0-8]|9[079])|4(?:[049]|2[02-68]|[35]0|6[0-356]|8[014-9])|5(?:0|2[0-24-689]|4[0-2457-9]|6[057-9]|8[1-9]|90)|6(?:[0-24578]|3[06-9]|6[14-79]|9[03-9])|7(?:0[02-9]|2[0135-79]|3[23]|4[0-27-9]|6[1457]|8)|8(?:[046]|1[01459]|2[0-489]|5(?:0|[23](?:[02-8]|1(?:0[1-9]|[1-9])|9[0-46-9]))|8[0-2459]|9[09])|9(?:0[0457]|1[08]|[268]|4[024-9]|5[06-9])|(?:3(?:[157]\d|35|49|9[1-68])|4(?:[17]\d|2[179]|[35][1-9]|6[47-9]|8[23])|5(?:[1357]\d|2[37]|4[36]|6[1-46]|80|9[1-9])|6(?:3[1-5]|6[0238]|9[12])|7(?:01|[1579]\d|2[248]|3[014-9]|4[3-6]|6[023689])|8(?:1[236-8]|2[5-7]|[37]\d|5[14-9]|8[36-8]|9[1-8])|9(?:0[1-3689]|1[1-79]|[379]\d|4[13]|5[1-5]))(?:[02-8]|1(?:0[1-9]|[1-9])|9[0-47-9]) | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | (?:4|80)0 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{4})(\d{4}) | 10|2(?:[02-57-9]|1[1-9]) | 10|2(?:[02-57-9]|1[1-9]) | 10[0-79]|2(?:[02-57-9]|1[1-79])|(?:10|21)8(?:0[1-9]|[1-9]) | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 3(?:[3-59]|7[02-68])|4(?:[26-8]|3[3-9]|5[2-9])|5(?:3[03-9]|[468]|7[028]|9[2-46-9])|6|7(?:[0-247]|3[04-9]|5[0-4689]|6[2368])|8(?:[1-358]|9[1-7])|9(?:[013479]|5[1-5])|(?:[34]1|55|79|87)[02-9] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{7,8}) | 9 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{4})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 80 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{4})(\d{4}) | [3-578] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{4})(\d{4}) | 1[3-9] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{11,12}) | 106 | $1 | $1 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [12] | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Postal code}
{State/province}{City}{Dependent locality}
{Street address}
{Organization}
{Name}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, State/province, Postal code
- Uppercase fields
- State/province
- Predefined regions
- 34
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{6}- Examples
- 266033 · 317204 · 100096 · 100808
- Post office lookup
- http://cpdc.chinapost.com.cn/web/
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also hB, hb, h
- Calendars
- gregorian, chinese
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the Tibetan (China) locale (bo-CN), amounts in CNY.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (CNY)
- ¥ 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- -¥ 1,234,567.89
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 ཡུ་ཨན་
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2M
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 km/h
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- 2026 ཟླ་བ་གསུམ་པའི་ཚེས་27, གཟའ་པ་སངས་
- Date, long
- སྤྱི་ལོ་2026 ཟླ་བ་གསུམ་པའི་ཚེས་27
- Date, medium
- 2026 ལོའི་ཟླ་༣ཚེས་27
- Date, short
- 2026-03-27
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 2026 ལོའི་ཟླ་༣ཚེས་27 15:04
- Month and year
- 2026 ཟླ་བ་གསུམ་པ
- Weekday
- གཟའ་པ་སངས་
- Relative time
- ཁས་ས་ · +3 d · -2 h
- List: and
- A, B, and C
- List: or
- A, B, or C