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The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in mainland 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.

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).

Mobile phones

In mainland China, mobile phone numbers have 11 digits in the format 13x-xxxx-xxxx. The first three digits of mobile phone numbers (13x) 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 (may not be complete list): 130 & 132 China Unicom GSM 133 China Unicom CDMA 134/5/7/8/9 China Mobile Quan Qiu Tong / GoTone subscription service 136 China Mobile GSM & GPRS

{does anyone have additional service provider codes and/or regional codes?}

Area 1

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

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. The People's Republic of China reserves code 26 for Taipei, capital of Taiwan, which it claims sovereignty over.

Area 3

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

Hebei

Shanxi

Henan

Area 4

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

Inner Mongolia

Liaoning

Jilin

Heilongjiang

Area 5

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

Jiangsu

The provincial capital of Nanjing uses code 25.

Shandong - Area 5

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

Anhui

Zhejiang

Fujian

Area 6

Taiwan (proposed use)

The People's Republic of China generally reserves Area 6 for Taiwan, which it claims sovereignty over. However, the Republic of China on Taiwan currently uses the international calling code of 886.

Shandong - Area 6

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

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.

Yunnan - Area 6

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

Area 7

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

Hubei

The provincial capital of Wuhan uses code 27.

Hunan

Guangdong - Area 6

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

Guangxi

Jiangxi

Area 8

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

Sichuan

The provincial capital of Chengdu uses code 28.

Guizhou

Yunnan - Area 8

Some areas in Yunnan use the prefix 6.

Tibet

Hainan

  • All areas -- 898

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.

Shaanxi

The provincial capital of Xi'an uses code 29.

Gansu

Ningxia

Qinghai

Xinjiang

Emergency Numbers

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

(to be completed)

Others

From within Mainland China, the following special numbers are used: (to be completed)

International Access Code

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

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.)

See also

Telephone numbering plans | 中国电话区号列表

 

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