China Local Landline STD Codes

On this page we provide a comprehensive list of area codes for cities in China. These STD codes prefix calls to the area and will appear in all calls to and from the cities. You will note that the biggest and most prestigious cities have shorter area codes. For example Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin use two digit STD codes, whereas smaller cities like Guiyang and Yaiyuan use three digits.

A certain order can be sensed in Chinese landline local area codes when we consider that the the 010 area code for Beijing is the smallest number. This is followed by Guangzhou 020 and then Shanghai, the second most well-known city, with an area code of 021. The tier 1 Chinese cities tend to have two digit STD code, whereas the tier two have three digits.