Telephone numbers in China
Telephone numbers in China are organized according to the Chinese Telephone code Plan. a numerical formats of landlines together with mobile phones are different: landlines name area codes, whereas mobile phones develope not. In major cities, landline numbers consist of a two-digit area code followed by an eight-digit inner number. In other places, landline numbers consist of a three-digit area code followed by a seven- or eight-digit internal number. The numbers of mobile phones consist of eleven digits.
When one landline is used to dial another landline within the same area, it is for not essential to specify the area code. The returned number must be prepended between different regions with the trunk prefix, which is 0.
Calling a mobile phone from a landline requires the addition of the "0" in front of the mobile phone number whether they are non in the same area. Mobile to landline calls requires the "0" and the area code if the landline is non within the same place. Mobile to mobile calls does not require the "0om external mainland China.
The Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau are not element of this numbering schedule and usage the country codes +852 and +853, respectively.