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The National Time Service Center in Mount Li, Lintong, Xi'an, Shaanxi. In the 1870s, the Shanghai Xujiahui Observatory was constructed by a French Catholic missionary. In 1880s officials in Shanghai French Concession started to provide a time announcement service using the Shanghai Mean Solar Time provided by the aforementioned observatory for ships into and out of Shanghai.
The first time zone plan was proposed by the Central Observatory (now Beijing Ancient Observatory) of the Beiyang government in Peking in 1918. The proposal divided the country into five time zones : Kunlun ( UTC+05:30 ), Sinkiang-Tibet ( UTC+06:00 ), Kansu-Szechwan ( UTC+07:00 ), Changhua ( UTC+08:00 ) and Chinghai ( UTC+08:30 ).
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 16:30, 13 August 2008 ... SVG map of China ...
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As of October 2019, it is also the second largest free-trade zone in mainland China in terms of land area (behind Hainan Free Trade Zone , which covers the whole Hainan province [179]) by covering an area of 240.22 km 2 (92.75 sq mi) and integrating four existing bonded zones—Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Logistics Park ...
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