China 🇨🇳
China is part of Asia with main city at
Beijing. Its Developing country with a
population of 1B people. The main currency is Yuan Renminbi. The languages
spoken are Chinese. the People's Republic of China is the formal name of China It is adviced to Exercise normal safety precautions Get useful information like travel advice, temperatures, rainfall, socket plugs,
languages spoken, SIM cards, ATM, currencies, road rules and emergency numbers.
👍 Developing 🌤️ ~14.13 °C 🌧 ~62.08 mm 👨👩👦👦 1B people
⚠️ Travel advice
fiber_manual_record Exercise normal safety precautions
We’ve reviewed our travel advice for China. We haven’t changed the level - exercise normal safety precautions. Higher levels apply in Tibet and Xinjiang. Excersise high degree of caution to Tibet. Excersise high degree of caution to Xinjiang.
issued date: August 23, 2019
🌤️ Temperature
🌧 Rainfall
🔌 Sockets
China uses 220V, 50Hz with sockets and plugs Type A, Type C and Type I.
🌐 Languages
The languages that are typically spoken are Chinese
💱 Currencies Used
China uses the Chinese yuan (symbol: ¥), code CNY.Banknotes come in denominations of 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 yuan and 50, 20 and 10 fens. Yuan is subdivided into 100 fens. Coins come in denominations of 1 yuan and 50, 10, 5, 2 and 1 fens.
💳 Cards
Accepted only within large businesses Credit cards are only accepted within China from large businesses & hotels. Visa, MasterCard, Maestro and UnionPay are the most widely accepted. Discover and American Express are less common. Diners Club is pretty rare. JCB and RuPay are unknown.Note that even if you have appropriate card type, international credit cards (issued outside China) have low acceptance within merchants.
🏧 ATMs
Automatic teller machines are common in China. You can usually find them in both large & small cities.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.
💁♂️ Tipping
Do not tip Almost no one in China asks for tips. It is not expected nor obligatory to give a tip. Receipts might sometimes include a service charge.
📡 Internet
Internet speed in China is on average 4.1 Mbps. Majority of the websites (including Google, YouTube and Facebook) are blocked in China meaning you will need to use special software called VPN to access those blocked sites. Read more to get the most popular ones.
📱 Phones
You can buy a SIM card for about ¥54.06, which includes 1 GB of data plan. You can choose from 3 telecoms: China Mobile (????), China Telecom (????) or China Unicom (????). China uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900 and GSM 1800. If you don't want to buy SIM card in China upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.
📞 Calling
To call China, dial +, then 86 (the country code for China), then the area code (without the initial 0) and the local number. For local calls within China, start with the area code (with the initial 0). In the case above area code is 10 .
🛣️ Road rules
In China you drive on the right side. Most cars have manual transmission (stick). Unless otherwise posted, the speed limits for cars and motorcycles are as follows: 100-120 km/h (62-74 mph) on motorways, 100-120 km/h (62-74 mph) on expressways, 30-60 km/h (18-37 mph) in all built-up areas and 60-80 km/h (37-49 mph) on undivided highways. Right turn on red lights is allowed unless a sign explicitly forbids it. It is illegal to drive with blood alcohol content higher than 0.02%.
🆘 Emergency
Universal
112
Police
102
Ambulance
103
Fire department
101
Last updated: September 2, 2019
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