China
Current time in Beijing
Beijing is the capital of China, in Asia.
| Capital | Beijing |
| Continent | Asia |
| Time zones | UTC+6, UTC+8 (no daylight saving) |
| Currency | Chinese Yuan (CNY) |
| Calling code | +86 |
| Internet domain | .cn |
| Area | 9,596,960 km² (3,705,407 sq mi) |
| Neighbours | Laos, Bhutan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, North Korea, Russia, Vietnam, India |
Travelling to China
| Emergency numbers | Police 110 Ambulance 120 Fire 119 |
| Plugs and sockets | Type A, Type I |
| Mains electricity | 220 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right |
Emergency numbers are checked against two independent sources, but they can change — confirm when you arrive. On a mobile phone, 112 also works in many countries.
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Country facts: GeoNames, licensed CC BY 4.0. Currency and language names: the Unicode CLDR. Time zones: the IANA time zone database, release 2026e. Plugs and mains electricity: the IEC's World Plugs guide. Driving side and emergency numbers: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), shown only where Wikidata agrees. All sources.