EnglishSending SMS to China
China dials on +86 and is the largest mobile market in the world by subscribers. Chinese characters are unicode, so a message in Simplified Chinese carries 70 characters per segment — though the script is dense enough that 70 characters says considerably more than 70 Latin ones.
How to dial China
Every part of the number, laid out separately, then the same thing written the way an API expects it.
+86 — +86 followed by the national number
From abroad, replace your exit code with +, then 86, then the national number — dropping the national trunk prefix if the country uses one (a leading 0 in most, though not in the +1 numbering plan). Store numbers in E.164 (+86…) and they work from any country and any API.
China by the numbers
The figures below come from public country data and set the context for how much SMS traffic China actually carries.
How your name appears in China
General guidance — we have not yet confirmed China-specific sender ID rules.
Delivered on +86Sender ID rules for +86
Both alphanumeric and numeric sender IDs are supported where the local network allows it. Exact registration steps, character limits and lead time vary by operator, and are confirmed as part of onboarding before your first send.
What people send most: OTP and account verification · Order and delivery updates · Appointment and service reminders.
Message length: under the standard SMS encoding, a segment typically holds 160 GSM-7 characters, or 70 once a message uses Unicode — Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, emoji. Longer messages split into several segments automatically and are billed per segment; exact limits are confirmed for China as part of onboarding.
What China requires
General practice for reaching China — market-specific requirements are confirmed with you before your first send.
Requirement 1 of 4: Get clear consent before sending marketing messages, and keep a record of it.
Get clear consent before sending marketing messages, and keep a record of it.
Checked automatically on every message we send to China — nothing for you to track by hand.
Mobile operators in China
Named operators for China have not been confirmed yet — routing still reaches every licensed network in the market.
Full network coverage
Routes provision automatically to every licensed operator serving China — no operator list for you to maintain.
One route per message
Each send is evaluated in real time and placed on the best-performing path available at that moment.
Delivery reporting either way
Per-message delivery status, the same whether an operator is named on this page or not.
Common SMS use cases in China
Time-critical — it has to land in seconds, which is the reason SMS still wins here over push or email.
Keeps the recipient's attention without needing an app open, for the moment they actually care about the update.
Cuts no-shows more effectively than email — most people notice a text within minutes of it arriving.
All country calling codes
Looking for a different country? Pick a continent, or search by name, code or ISO — no need to go back to the directory page.
AfghanistanAF+93
ArmeniaAM+374
AzerbaijanAZ+994
BahrainBH+973
BangladeshBD+880
BhutanBT+975
BruneiBN+673
CambodiaKH+855ChinaCN+86
GeorgiaGE+995
IndiaIN+91
IndonesiaID+62
IranIR+98
IraqIQ+964
JapanJP+81
JordanJO+962
KazakhstanKZ+7
KuwaitKW+965
KyrgyzstanKG+996
LaosLA+856
LebanonLB+961
MalaysiaMY+60
MaldivesMV+960
MongoliaMN+976
MyanmarMM+95
NepalNP+977
North KoreaKP+850
OmanOM+968
PakistanPK+92
PalestinePS+970
PhilippinesPH+63
QatarQA+974
RussiaRU+7
Saudi ArabiaSA+966
SingaporeSG+65
South KoreaKR+82
Sri LankaLK+94
SyriaSY+963
TajikistanTJ+992
ThailandTH+66
Timor-LesteTL+670
TürkiyeTR+90
TurkmenistanTM+993
United Arab EmiratesAE+971
UzbekistanUZ+998
VietnamVN+84
YemenYE+967Other country codes
Countries with neighbouring dialling codes.
Start sending to China
Direct routes, per-operator delivery reporting and sender ID handling for +86 — from one dashboard or one API call.