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China telephone numbering plan

The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in China. Typically a "0" is added in front when dialing from within China, but is never added when dialing from outside China. Domestic phone numbers in large cities have 8 digits, and in other areas 7 digits and no less.

In China, Mobile phone numbers start with 13 and usually have 11 digits.

Area 1

• Beijing ONLY
• Beijing -- 10

Area 2

• These are large Chinese cities that first received connections to telephones, thus has a priority in Area Codes.
• Shanghai -- 21
• Tianjin -- 22
• Shenyang -- 24
• Nanjing -- 25
• Wuhan -- 27
• Xi'an -- 29
• Guangzhou -- 20

Area 3

• These are Hebei, Shanxi and Henan area codes

Hebei

• Shijiazhuang -- 311
• Baoding -- 312
• Zhangjiakou -- 313
• Chengde -- 314
• Tangshan -- 315
• Langfang -- 316
• Cangzhou -- 317
• Hengshui -- 318
• Xingtai -- 319
• Handan -- 310
• Qinghuangdao -- 335

Shanxi

• Taiyuan -- 351
• Datong -- 352
• Yangquan -- 353
• Yuci -- 354
• Changzhi -- 355
• Jincheng -- 356
• Linfen -- 357
• Lishi -- 358
• Yuncheng -- 359
• Xinzhou -- 350

Henan

• Zhengzhou -- 371
• Anyang -- 372
• Xinxiang -- 373
• Xuchang -- 374
• Pingdingshan -- 375
• Nanyang -- 377
• Kaifeng -- 378
• Luoyang -- 379
• Shangqiu -- 370

Area 4

• These are area codes from Inner Mongolia, and the provinces (Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang) in Northeast China (Manchuria).

Inner Mongolia

• Hohhot -- 471
• Baotou -- 472
• Wuhai -- 473
• Jining -- 474
• Chifeng -- 476

Liaoning

• Dalian -- 411
• Anshan -- 412
• Fushun -- 413
• Benxi -- 414
• Dandong -- 415
• Jinzhou -- 416
• Yingkou -- 417
• Fuxin -- 418
• Liaoning -- 419
• Tieling -- 410
• Chaoyang -- 421
• Panjin -- 427

Jilin

• Chanchun -- 431
• Jilin -- 432
• Yanji -- 433
• Siping -- 434
• Tonghua -- 435

Heilongjiang

• Harbin -- 451
• Qiqihar -- 452
• Jixi - Mudanjiang -- 453
• Jiamusi -- 454
• Heihe -- 455
• Jiagedaqi -- 457
• Yichun -- 458
• Daqing -- 459
• Acheng -- 450

Area 5

• These are Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong, and Fujian area codes.

Jiangsu

• Zhenjiang -- 511
• Suzhou -- 512
• Nantong -- 513
• Yangzhou - Yancheng -- 514
• Xuzhou -- 516
• Huaiyin - Huai'an -- 517
• Lianyungang -- 518
• Changzhou -- 519
• Wuxi -- 510

Zhejiang

• Hangzhou -- 571
• Huzhou -- 572
• Jiaxing -- 573
• Ningbo -- 574
• Shaoxing -- 575
• Taizhou -- 576
• Wenzhou -- 577
• Qingtian -- 578
• Jinhua -- 579
• Putuo -- 580

Anhui

• Hefei -- 551
• Bengfu -- 552
• Wuhu -- 553
• Huainan -- 554
• Ma'anshan -- 555
• Anqing -- 556
• Fuyang - Tongling -- 558
• Huangshan -- 559

Fujian

• Fuzhou -- 591
• Xiamen -- 592
• Ningde -- 593
• Quanzhou -- 595
• Jinjiang -- 596
• Longyan -- 597
• Nanping -- 599

Shandong

• Jinan -- 531
• Qingdao -- 532
• Zibo -- 533
• Dezhou -- 534
• Yantai -- 535
• Weifang -- 536
• Jining -- 537
• Tai'an -- 538
• Weihai -- 5451
• Qufu -- 5473

Area 6

• Area 6 is reserved for Taiwan.

The Republic of China on Taiwan currently uses the international calling code of 886 while mainland China uses 86; if Taiwan switched to the telephone numbering plan of mainland China, then its international calling code would be 86-6, one digit away from its current caling code. This is why Area 6 is reserved for Taiwan.

• A small part of Guangdong uses Area 6.

Guangdong - Area 6

• Chaoyang -- 661
• Yangchun -- 662
• Puning -- 663
• Maoming -- 668

Area 7

• These are Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong (predominantly), and Guangxi area codes.

Jiangxi

• Nanchang -- 791
• Jiujiang -- 792
• Shangrao -- 793
• Linchuan -- 794
• Yichun -- 795
• Ji'an -- 796
• Ganzhou -- 797
• Jingdezhen -- 798
• Pingxiang -- 799
• Lushan -- 7010
• Jinggangshan -- 7060

Hubei

• Xiaogan -- 712
• Jiangling - Shashi -- 716
• Yichang -- 717
• Enshi -- 718
• Shiyan -- 719
• Xiangfan -- 710
• Wuchang County -- 7211
• Hanyang County -- 7212

Hunan

• Changsha -- 731
• Xiangtan -- 732
• Zhuzhou -- 733
• Hengyang -- 734
• Chenzhou -- 735

Guangdong - Area 7

• Shaoguan -- 751
• Huizhou -- 752
• Meixian -- 753
• Shantou -- 754
• Shenzhen -- 755
• Zhuhai - Doumen -- 756
• Foshan - Sanshui - Gaoming -- 757
• Sihui - Zhaoqing -- 758
• Zhanjiang -- 759
• Jiangmen - Taishan - Enping - Zhongshan -- 750
• Fogang -- 763
• Shunde -- 765
• Luoding -- 766
• Chaozhou -- 768

Guangxi

• Nanning -- 771
• Liuzhou -- 772
• Guilin -- 773
• Wuzhou -- 774
• Yulin -- 775
• Qinzhou -- 777
• Hechi -- 778
• Beihai -- 779

Area 8

• These codes are for southwestern regions including Sichuan, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Tibet.

Area 9

• These codes are for northwestern regions including Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, and Xinjiang.

Emergency Numbers

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

• 110, for Police
• 120, for Ambulance
• 119, for Fire

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