China Standard Time

E5773

civil time standard time zone

China Standard Time is the single official time zone used throughout mainland China, corresponding to UTC+8.

Aliases (12)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil time standard → time zone →
alsoKnownAs	Beijing Time → CST →
appliesToTerritory	Beijing → Guangdong Province → Hainan → Hong Kong → Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region → Macau → Shanghai → Sichuan Province → Tibet Autonomous Region → Xinjiang → Yunnan Province → mainland China →
coincidesWithTimeZone	Australian Western Standard Time → Hong Kong Time → Malaysia Time → Philippine Time → Singapore Standard Time → Taiwan Standard Time →
country	China →
coversApproximateLongitudeRange	73°E to 135°E →
differenceFromUTCInHours	+8 →
differenceFromUTCInMinutes	480 →
governingAuthority	State Council of the People's Republic of China →
IANATimeZoneIdentifier	Asia/Chongqing → Asia/Harbin → Asia/Shanghai → Asia/Urumqi → PRC →
introduced	1949 →
legalStatus	official national standard time of the People's Republic of China →
numberOfOfficialTimeZonesInCountry	1 →
observedByPopulation	over 1.4 billion people →
observesAllYear	yes →
politicalReasonForSingleZone	national unity and administrative convenience →
referenceMeridian	120th meridian east →
regionSpan	about 5 geographical time zones →
timeInCapital	Beijing time →
timeNotationUsed	24-hour clock →
typicalAbbreviation	CST (China) →
usedForFinancialMarkets	yes →
usedForRailwayTimetables	yes →
usedForTelevisionBroadcastSchedules	yes →
usedInAviationAs	UTC+8 →
usesDaylightSavingTime	no →
UTCOffset	UTC+08:00 →

Referenced by (206)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2008 Summer Olympics → Alxa Plateau → Anhui → Baoshan District → Beijing → Beijing Capital International Airport → Beijing Daxing International Airport → Canton → Central China → Changde → Changning District → Changsha → Changzhou → China → Chinese Grand Prix → Chongqing → Eastern China → Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture → Former French Concession → Games of the XXIX Olympiad → Guangdong Province → Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region → Guangzhou → Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport → Guizhou Province → Hainan → Handan → Hangzhou → Hanyang → Hanyang District → Hebei → Hefei → Henan Province → Hohhot → Hong Kong ("Hong Kong Time") → Hongshan District → Huangpu District → Huangshi → Hubei Province → Hunan Province → Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region → Jiading District → Jiangsu → Jingmen → Jingzhou → Jinshan District → Jinzhou → Kashgar → Kunming → Liaoning → Liuzhou → Lu’an → Macau → Ma’anshan → Nanchang → Nanjing → North China → North China Plain → PKX → Pearl River Delta → Qinghai → Qingpu District → Quanzhou → Shaanxi Province → Shandong → Shanghai → Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station → Shanghai International Circuit → Shanghai Pudong International Airport → Shanghai Stock Exchange → Shanxi Province → Shenyang → Shenzhen → Shenzhen Bay Port → Sichuan Province → Southern China → Suizhou → Tanggula Mountains → Tianjin → Tianmen → Tibetan Plateau → Western China → Wuhan → Wuhan → Xi'an → Xiamen → Xiangtan → Xiangyang → Xianning → Xiaogan → Xuzhou → Yan'an → Yangpu District → Yanqing District → Yichang → Yunnan Province → ZBAD → Zhejiang Province → Zhongnanhai → Zhuhai →	timeZone
2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony → Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank → Beihai → Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport → Beijing State-owned Assets Management Co., Ltd. → Capital Indoor Stadium → Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China → Changping District → Chongming District → Daxing District → Dongcheng District, Beijing → Dunhuang → East Lake (Wuhan) → Fengxian District → Fudan University → Gezhouba Dam → Guangzhou Railway Station → Haidian District → Hanchuan → Happy Valley Shenzhen → Hefei Railway Station → Hefei Xinqiao International Airport → Hongkou District → Huanggang → Hubei Provincial People's Government → Hunan First Normal School → Jianghan District → Jinan → Jing’an District → Line 1 (Beijing Subway) → Line 17 (Beijing Subway) → Longhua Temple → Minhang District → Nanhu Campus → OCT Loft Creative Culture Park → People's Bank of China → Pingguoyuan station → Port of Wuhan → Pudong New Area → Puxi → Qiantang River → Qintai Grand Theatre → Qinzheng Hall → School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University → School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University → School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University → Shahe Subdistrict → Shanghai Grand Theatre → Shanghai Municipal People’s Government → Shanghai Railway Station → Shanghai World Financial Center → Shenzhen Baoan District → Shenzhen Nanshan District → Shenzhen Software Park → Shenzhen University main campus → Shijiazhuang → Shiyan → Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. → Suzhou Museum → Tang County, Hebei, China → Tarim Basin → Wangfujing station → Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics → Wuhan main campus → Wuhan–Jiujiang Passenger Railway → Wukesong Sports Centre → Xiantao → Xicheng District → Xili Subdistrict → Yilong County → Yuehai Subdistrict → Yujiatou Campus →	locatedInTimeZone
Beijing Capital International Airport → Beijing Subway → Chengdu → Lanzhou → People’s Square → Port of Shanghai → Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport → Taiyuan → Wuhan Railway Station → Wuhan Tianhe International Airport → Wuhu →	timezone
CST (China Standard Time) ("Asia/Shanghai") → CST (China Standard Time) ("Asia/Chongqing") → CST (China Standard Time) ("Asia/Harbin") → CST (China Standard Time) ("Asia/Urumqi") → CST (China Standard Time) ("Asia/Beijing") →	IANAZoneIdentifier
CST (China Standard Time) ("Beijing Time") → CST (China Standard Time) ("China Time") → China Standard Time ("Beijing Time") →	alsoKnownAs
China Standard Time ("Singapore Standard Time") → China Standard Time ("Hong Kong Time") → China Standard Time ("Taiwan Standard Time") →	coincidesWithTimeZone
China Standard Time ("Asia/Shanghai") → China Standard Time ("Asia/Chongqing") → China Standard Time ("Asia/Harbin") →	IANATimeZoneIdentifier
Philippine Standard Time →	coincidesWith
CST (China Standard Time) →	fullName
Indochina Time →	isOneHourBehind
National Standard Time ("Chungyuan Standard Time") →	previousTimeStandard
National Standard Time →	sameAsUTCOffsetAs
AWST →	sameTimeAs
Malaysia Time →	sameUTCOffsetAs
China Standard Time ("Beijing time") →	timeInCapital
Khunjerab Pass →	timeZoneChinaSide