Time in China follows a single standard time of UTC+08:00, which is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. China spans five different geographic time zones, from UTC+05:00 in the west to UTC+09:00 in the east, yet since 1949 China has only had a single standard time. The time UTC+06:00 is also used unofficially in Xinjiang and Tibet. Historically under the Republic of China it was divided into five time zones.
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Offset from UTC:
- 8 h
Locations in this time zone:
- Green Island, Taiwan ,
- Beijing ,
- Shanghai ,
- Beijing National Aquatics Centre ,
- Beijing National Stadium ,
- Zaoqiang County ,
- Anping County ,
- Jing County, Hebei ,
- Taocheng District ,
- Zhashui County