What’s time now in china
Time zone in China is just one although it is vast country. Time zone in China is single that is known as Beijing Standard Time or China Standard Time. Beijing Standard Time is eight hours plus or GMT+8. Current Time in China according to Pakistan is just three hours ahead. It means that it is three hours ahead from Pakistan standard time. China has five main regions, but it has just one time zone to avoid confusion among the faraway regions.
However, prior to the People Republic of China it had five time zones. These were Changpai Time Zone, Chungyuan Standard Time Zone, Kansu-Szechuan Time Zone, Sinkiang-Tibet Time Zone and Kunlun Time Zone. So, they have difference from GMT that was 8.5 to 5.5 in that order. Time zone in China is not affected by daylight savings time. Current Time in China is eight hours ahead from the GMT and three hours from Pakistan standard time.
Time zone in China is called Beijing standard time, which is uniformly adopted in entire country. Current local time in China is just eight hours ahead from the UTC. However, the difference in time is written as +08:00. China adjust its time one from five times zones in 1949 because there are few regions in which sunset seen even at 10 PM. China Standard Time is also observed or practiced in two other countries like Macao and Taiwan. So, Macao and Taiwan have the same standard time as China standard time has.
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Cities Name in China
Shanghai | Beijing | Tianjin |
Guangzhou | Shenzhen | Wuhan |
Chongqing | Chengdu | Nanjing |
Xian | Shenyang | Hangzhou |
Harbin | Suzhou | Shantou |
Jinan | Zhengzhou | Dalian |
Kunming | Qingdao | Foshan |
Xiamen | Tianshui | Ningbo |
Hefei | Zibo | Changsha |
Urumqi | Lanzhou | Luoyang |
Yueyang | Fuzhou | Taichung City |
Qiqihar | Wenzhou | Nanning |
Huhhot | Tai-nan City | Qinhuangdao |
Zhumadian | Yantai | Zhangjiakou |
Zigong | Huang Shi City | Liaoyang |
Nantong | Mudanjiang | Guilin |
Zhanjiang |