China Standard Time or Beijing Time is the time zone observed in Mainland China. It is eight hours ahead of UTC (UTC+8). A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... ... ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7...

Certain regions of eastern Asia, including Greater China, also observe time zones which have the same offset, but use different names, such as Chungyuan Standard Time, Philippine Standard Time, Singapore Standard Time, etc. World map showing the location of Asia. ... Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and regions linked to Chinese political and cultural history. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... China, with its large territory, spans across the longitude of five time zones. ... Philippine Standard Time (PST) is the name used in the Philippines to describe its location among the worlds time zones. ... Singapore observes a time zone eight hours ahead of UTC, (UTC+8), known as Singapore Standard Time or SGT. It is the same time zone as Australian Western Standard Time, Malaysian Standard Time, Chinese Standard Time and Hong Kong Time. ...

The People's Republic of China observed daylight saving time from 1986 through 1991, but does not now. Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ...

Other time zones in the PRC

Although the only official time zone in mainland China is Beijing Time, the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, thanks to its geographical location in the westernmost part of the country, proclaimed Ürümqi Time, two hours behind Beijing. Although this is not officially recognised, it is the time observed locally by most residents. Xinjiang (Chinese: 新疆; pinyin: Xīnjiāng; Wade-Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal Pinyin: Sinkiang; literal meaning: New Frontier; Uyghur: شينجاڭ) Uyghurs Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), sometimes known as Chinese Turkestan, Eastern Turkestan (Turkestan also spelt Turkistan...

See also

• Time in China