China telephone numbering plan - Definition and Overview

The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in mainland China. Typically a "0" is added in front when dialing 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.

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

Hong Kong and Macao are not part of this numbering plan, and use the country codes 852 and 853 respectively.

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
• Chongqing -- 23
• Shenyang -- 24
• Nanjing -- 25
• 26 is reserved for Taipei
• Wuhan -- 27
• Chengdu -- 28
• 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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