China

 

Entity: 
 China 
 Main prefix: 
 BY 
 Prefixes logged: 
 B1, B7, BA4, BA6, BG7, BD7
 Time zone: 
 UTC + 8 hours 
 Continent: 
 Asia 
 ITU zone: 
 33, 42, 43, 44 
 CQ zone: 
 23, 24 
Islands on the Air (IOTA) Groups AS094 Hainan Province (Hainan Island), AS129 Guangdong Province East, AS131 Guangdong Province West, AS134 Hebei / Tianjin Province, AS135 Jiangsu Province, AS136 Shanghai Province, AS137 Zhejiang Province North, AS138 Fujian Province, AS139 Cuangxi Autonomous Region, AS141 Zhejiang Province South, AS143 Hainan Province (Xisha Islands), AS146 Shandong Province North East, AS150 Shandong Province South, AS151 Liaoning Province West, AS158 Liaoning Province East, AS160 Shandong Province North West
QSL Bureau
Chinese Radio Sports Association, Box 6106, Beijing 100061

 

Capital: 
Beijing
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
35° 00' N, 105° 00' E
 Borders
Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, Hong Kong 30 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Macau 0.34 km, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km
 Internet
 country code: 
.cn
Country dialing code:  86
 Government
 type: 
Communist state