How to fax China
To send a fax to China from the US on a traditional facsimile machine, enter the number as follows:
011-86-(area code)-(phone number)
Area codes are usually 2 – 4 digits and phone numbers are usually 6 – 8 digits.
Note: Some subjects may be considered “sensitive” and are not suitable for faxing to China.
Here are some popular area codes for China:
| Anshan | 412 | HuaiYin | 517 | Tianjin | 22 |
| Beijing | 10 | Jilin | 432 | Weifang | 536 |
| Changchun | 431 | Jinan | 531 | Wuhan | 27 |
| Chengdu | 28 | Nanjing | 25 | Wuxi | 510 |
| Chongqing | 23 | Ningbo | 574 | Xi’an | 29 |
| Dalian | 411 | Qingdao | 532 | Xiangfan | 710 |
| Guangzhou | 20 | Shanghai | 21 | Yangzhou | 514 |
| Hangzhou | 571 | Shenyang | 24 | Yantai | 535 |
| Harbin | 451 | Suizhou | 722 | Zaozhuang | 632 |
| Huaibei | 561 | Tai’an | 538 | Zibo | 533 |
86 is the country code for China and 011 is the international exchange number from America. Be sure to use a “9″ if you normally do to access a line outside of your company’s phone switch.
It will usually be necessary to insert a pause in your dialing sequence after the “86″ to allow the phone network time to connect you to an exchange. This differs by make of machine, but may be a comma or “#” sign inserted into the number.
Send a fax to China can be very expensive from a regular phone line, if you do it often it would be best to use an international phone card or sign up for a free trial on one of the internet fax services and then cancel it later.
A better option is to sign up for a fax to email service such as Efax or myfax. These services allow you to send unlimited international faxes simply through your regular email for cheaper than a single long distance phone call to Asia.
Read more information on calling China.
