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The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in the mainland of 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.
In addition, Taiwan and several islands of Fujian are under the control of the Republic of China. The PRC numbering plan reserves space for Taiwan, but they are not currently used. Currently phone numbers in areas under ROC control are under the separate international calling code of 886. See Telephone numbers in Taiwan.
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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 or four digits as follows:
130/1/2 China Unicom GSM 133 China Telecom CDMA 1340-1348 China Mobile GSM 1349 ChinaSat Satellite 135/6/7/8/9 China Mobile GSM 150 China Mobile GSM 151 China Mobile GSM 152 China Mobile GSM 153 China Telecom CDMA 156 China Unicom GSM 157 China Mobile TD-SCDMA 158 China Mobile GSM 159 China Mobile GSM 188 China Mobile TD-SCDMA 189 China Telecom CDMA
The prefix 1 is used exclusively by the national capital, Beijing Municipality.
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.
These are area codes for the provinces of Hebei, Shanxi and Henan.
These are area codes for the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, and the provinces in Northeast China (Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang).
The provincial capital, Shenyang, uses code 24.
These are area codes for the provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong (predominantly), Anhui, Zhejiang and Fujian.
The provincial capital of Nanjing uses code 25.
While most areas in Shandong use the prefix 5, some areas also use the prefix 6.
While most areas in Shandong use the prefix 5, some areas also use the prefix 6.
While most areas in Guangdong use the prefix 7, some areas also use the prefix 6. The provincial capital Guangzhou uses code 20.
While most areas in Yunnan use the prefix 8, a couple of areas also use the prefix 6.
These are area codes for the provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong (predominantly), Jiangxi, and the autonomous region of Guangxi.
The provincial capital of Wuhan uses code 27.
Some areas in Guangdong use the prefix 6, while the provincial capital of Guangzhou uses code 20.
These are area codes for the provinces of Sichuan, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan (predominantly) and the autonomous region of Tibet.
The provincial capital of Chengdu uses code 28.
Some areas in Yunnan use the prefix 6.
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.
The provincial capital of Xi'an uses code 29.
From within Mainland China, the following emergency numbers are used:
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From within Mainland China, the following special numbers are used:
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The international access code from the PRC is 00. This must also be used for calls to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao from the Chinese mainland, together with their separate international codes, as follows:
Taiwan 00 886 ... Hong Kong 00 852 xxxx xxxx Macao SAR 00 853 xxx xxxx US/Canada 00 1 xxx xxx xxxx Singapore 00 65 xxxx xxxx
However, calls are charged at discounted rates.