Comments on: How to Call China From the United States

on 4/6/2008 This document is outdated, at least for 10 years. The area code for Beijing is 10 instead 1. (1 was used long long time ago.)

The area codes in China can be either 2-digit or 3-digit long. (In the old days, some area codes can be 4-digit long). The 2-digit area code are 10 and 20, 21 ... 29, and they are used in super large cities, such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, with 10s of millions population. All are codes begin with 3, 4 ... 9 are 3-digit long and they are used in "smaller" cities. (A city with a few millions population is not considerred as a big city in China.)

In China, the area code is applicable only to fixed line phones. A local fixed line phone number can be 7- or 8- digit long, and it is 9- to 11- digit long with the area code.

All the mobile phone numbers in China are 11-digit long without area codes. Most mobile phone numbers begin with 13, but some new mobi

on 4/6/2008 This document is outdated, at least for 10 years. The area code for Beijing is 10 instead 1. (1 was used long long time ago.)

The area codes in China can be either 2-digit or 3-digit long. (In the old days, some area codes can be 4-digit long). The 2-digit area code are 10 and 20, 21 ... 29, and they are used in super large cities, such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, with 10s of millions population. All are codes begin with 3, 4 ... 9 are 3-digit long and they are used in "smaller" cities. (A city with a few millions population is not considerred as a big city in China.)

In China, the area code is applicable only to fixed line phones. A local fixed line phone number can be 7- or 8- digit long, and it is 9- to 11- digit long with the area code.

All the mobile phone numbers in China are 11-digit long without area codes. Most mobile phone numbers begin with 13, but some new mobi

on 2/6/2008 Oops, sorry for the double-posting everyone!

on 2/6/2008 I use Talkste for my international calling, and now they've just added China, which means free international calls to or from China -- you call and local number and they connect you internationally. They don't ask you for your credit card and you can talk as long and as often as you like. Site is: www.talkster.com

on 2/6/2008 I use Talkste for my international calling, and now they've just added China, which means free international calls to or from China -- you call and local number and they connect you internationally. They don't ask you for your credit card and you can talk as long and as often as you like. Site is: www.talkster.com

on 11/19/2007 Tel3communications is offering a special double free minutes offer for the holidays. Call 800-441-0269 for more information. Happy Holidays Everyone!!!

on 4/7/2007 you can call china with pingo.com for 1.8 cents a min. you get $5 free when you sign up as a new pingo customer at www.pingo.com

on 12/18/2006 ask.jongo.com Here you can ask any questions about China, and just about China. You can get a good answer. At least I like it.

on 8/15/2006 The Central Time Zone is 13 hours behind of China time, so the EST would be just 12 behind China time.

on 11/22/2005 There seems to be no logic to the number of digits in a Beijing phone number. Some businesses have numbers like 5682. Cell phones have numbers like 1-37-64-18-0183. Incidentally, in Beijing, the street numbers are not necessarily in order when moving along the street.

on 11/22/2005 I once called a cell number in Shanghai. I dialed 011 then 86 for China, but I didn't dial 21 for the city of Shanghai...I just dialed the cell number after the country code (86) like this: 011-86-[cell number].

on 11/22/2005 I just needed to fax something to Beijing. The country and city code were given in what is similar to our area code; in this case: (8610). So, I dialed the international prefix, which is 011, then the numbers in parentheses and the phone number.