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China travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit China: travel advice level, plug type A/C/I, 220V, emergency 119, currency CNY.

📷 Beijing · N509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

No advice against travel Updated 2026-08-27

Latest change (original, English)
"Updated information on Warnings and insurance"

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalBeijing
CurrencyCNY
LanguagesPutonghua
Calling code+86
Emergency numbers119 · 110 · 120
Plug typesType A, Type C, Type I
Voltage220 V
Driving sideRight
Population1.4B
Type AType CType I

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📷 Photos

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Anonymous Song Chinese artist after the original by Gu Hongzhong · Public domain · Commons
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Anagoria · CC BY 3.0 · Commons
Mussi Katz · CC0 · Commons
Melvin Loi from Macau, Macau · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons

About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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