Time in China

Hong Kong Time (abbreviation: HKT; Chinese: 香港時間; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 si4 gaan3) is the time in Hong Kong, observed at UTC+08:00 all year round. The Hong Kong Observatory is the official timekeeper of the Hong Kong Time. It is indicated as Asia/Hong_Kong in the IANA time zone database.

The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00, where Beijing is located, even though the country spans five geographical time zones. It is the largest sovereign nation in the world that officially observes only one time zone.

UTC+06:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +06:00. This time is used in:

The National Time Service Center (NTSC; Chinese: 國家授時中心; pinyin: Guójiā shòushí zhōngxīn; Wade–Giles: Kuo-chia Shou-shih Chung-hsin) has the task of generating, maintaining and broadcasting standard time in China. It is located in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Its predecessor was the Shaanxi Astronomy Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which was established in 1966. In March 2001, the Observatory was renamed to National Time Service Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.