Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international telephone calls to China from another country:

1) Find the lowest telephone call rate for China, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 86 + City Area Code + Local number

When you have to make a phone call from China you will have to dial china-exit-code (eg: china-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The present date and time in Beijing, China can be found at Time in Beijing.

China’s standard time is 8 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

China does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in China are usually referred to as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was previously referred to as STD codes in China.

These phone area codes are required only if calling from outside the telephone code area. However it is mandatory when making a telephone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in China typically suggest geographical areas within China that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in China is commonly preceded in the dial string by the Chinese country code or the international access code for China ("86").

Phone Area codes in China are sometimes quoted along with the country access code for China.