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Area Code & Zipcode
The country code of China is 86. Each Chinese city has its own area code and different zip code. Below are the different ways for dialing Chinese numbers:

Dialing China from Abroad

  • To call China from abroad with a fixed telephone, dial the outbound number of your country + 86 (the country code of China) + area code of the Chinese city + fixed Chinese telephone number. To call a mobile phone number, dial the outbound number of your country + 86 + mobile phone number.
  • To call China from abroad with a cell phone, dial the outbound number of your country + 86 (the country code of China) + area code of the Chinese city + fixed Chinese telephone number. To call a mobile phone number, dial the outbound number of your country + 86 + mobile phone number.

Dialing within China

  • To call a fixed telephone number in a Chinese city from another Chinese city 0, then area code + fixed telephone number. To call a mobile phone number dial 0 + mobile phone number.
  • To call a fixed telephone number in a Chinese city from another Chinese city, dial 0 + area code + fixed telephone number. To call a mobile phone number, dial the mobile phone number directly without 0 prefix.

Note: Different countries require different outbound prefix numbers. For example, US and Canada: 011; Europe (including England): 00; Asia: some areas such as Saudi Arabia: 00; others (such as Seoul) are 001; Australia: 0011, Africa: 09…

Major Chinese Cities :

City
Area Code
Zip Code
Beijing
10
100000
Chengdu
28
610000
Chongqing
23
404000
Dunhuang
937
736200
Guangzhou
20
510000
Guilin
773
541000
Guiyang
851
550000
Haikou
898
570100
Hangzhou
571
310000
Hohhot
471
010000
Huangshan
559
245000
Jinan
531
250200
City
Area Code
Zip Code
Kunming
871
650000
Lanzhou
931
730100
Lhasa
891
850100
Lijiang
888
674300
Luoyang
379
471900
Nanjing
25
210000
Qingdao
532
266600
Shanghai
21
200000
Shenzhen
755
518000
Suzhou
512
215400
Urumqi
991
830000
Xian
29
710000

List by Province:

Anhui
Beijing
Chongqing
Fujian
Gansu
Guangdong
Guangxi
Guizhou
Hainan
Hebei
Heilongjiang
Henan
Hong Kong
Hubei
Hunan
Inner-mongolia
Jiangsu
Jiangxi
Jilin
Liaoning
Macau
Ningxia
Qinghai
Shaanxi
Shandong
Shanghai
Shanxi
Sichuan
Taiwan
Tianjin
Tibet
Xinjiang
Yunnan
Zhejiang

 

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