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Plugs & voltage in China

Types A, C and I · 220 V · 50 Hz

No other country of the 139 uses exactly this combination, Types A, C and I. The closest match is Argentina (C/I). Type I (AS/NZS 3112) is rare: besides China, only Argentina, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Uruguay use it. Crossing into Hong Kong and Macau means a different plug: no socket type matches.

Type AType CType I

220 V ∼ 50 Hz

Do I need an adapter for China?

Where are you travelling from?

Adapter, and mind the voltage.

Type A plugs fit; Type B plugs need an adapter to Types A, C or I.

220 V here, 120 V at home.

Bring an adapter to Types A, C or I.

Bring an adapter to Types A, C or I.

Type C plugs fit; Type E/F plugs need an adapter to Types A, C or I.

Plug straight in.

Plug straight in.

Bring an adapter to Types A, C or I.

Type C plugs fit; Types D and M plugs need an adapter to Types A, C or I.

Adapter, and mind the voltage.

Type A plugs fit; Type B plugs need an adapter to Types A, C or I.

220 V here, 100 V at home.

From China to anywhere · Any country to China

The power supply

220 V mains voltage
50 Hz frequency
50 Hz

Also in the data

How we checked it: The common Chinese two-pin and multi-standard sockets also take the Type C (Europlug) plug. The Wikipedia table lists only Types A and I, so Type C was added from a technical reference.

China is the most populous country in Eastern Asia in our data.

Next door the nominal figure varies within the same range: Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Russia list 230 V, while Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Mongolia and Vietnam share the 220 V used here.

Crossing a border

13 neighbours: 11 sharing at least one type and 2 with none in common.

  • BhutanC/D/F/G/M · 230 VShares a type · same voltage
  • Hong KongG · 220 VDifferent plugs · same voltage
  • IndiaC/D/M · 230 VShares a type · same voltage
  • KazakhstanC/F · 220 VShares a type · same voltage
  • KyrgyzstanC/F · 220 VShares a type · same voltage
  • LaosA/B/C/E/F · 230 VShares a type · same voltage
  • MacauD/G/M · 220 VDifferent plugs · same voltage
  • MongoliaC/E · 220 VShares a type · same voltage
  • MyanmarC/D/F/G · 230 VShares a type · same voltage
  • NepalC/D/M · 230 VShares a type · same voltage
  • PakistanC/D/G/M · 230 VShares a type · same voltage
  • RussiaC/F · 230 VShares a type · same voltage
  • VietnamA/C/F · 220 VShares a type · same voltage

The plug types used here

Type A2 pins · unearthedType C2 pins · unearthedType I3 pins · earthed

Guides: Countries with several plug types, ranked · The 15 plug types explained

Source: Wikidata Q148, corrected against a cited source; regions: UN M49 (Eastern Asia). Sources & method