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What time is it in China?

2 different times in China right now

TimeTime zoneMain cities
23:42 UTC+06:00 Ürümqi, Shihezi, Korla, Aqsu
01:42 UTC+08:00 Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou

Daylight saving time in China

No daylight saving time in Shanghai: the same time all year round.

Dates can differ from one time zone to another: see each city’s page.

Daylight saving time around the world

Day and night around the world

World map: where it is day and where it is night right now, with China
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Good to know about the time in China

The whole of China runs on Beijing time, UTC+8, all year round, with no daylight saving time, even though the country spans the equivalent of five time zones. This single time zone, adopted in 1949, shifts the day considerably in the west: in Kashgar, the sun rises at around 10:12 at the winter solstice. In Xinjiang, many people unofficially live on “Xinjiang time”, which is 2 hours behind Beijing (Ürümqi).

China used daylight saving time from 1986 to 1991. Hong Kong and Macao are on the same time as Beijing. China is 7 hours ahead of Paris in winter and 6 hours ahead in summer. France – China time difference · Time in Shanghai

Time in the cities of China