Current time in Nanjing, China
The current local time in Nanjing is shown below. Nanjing observes CST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Nanjing does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Standard abbreviation
- CST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Nanjing?
Nanjing was the capital of the Republic of China for much of the period between 1927 and 1949, the seat of government when the country's earliest national timekeeping standards were debated and its multiple Republic-era zones were defined. The Purple Mountain Observatory on the city's eastern edge became a centre of modern Chinese astronomy in the 1930s and still carries out timekeeping research today. Its lower-Yangtze position keeps solar and civil noon closely aligned through the year.
What are the working hours in Nanjing?
The economy spans petrochemicals, electronics, and a dense concentration of universities and research institutes that give the city one of the most educated workforces in the country. As a provincial capital its government and administrative sector is large, keeping regular 09:00 to 18:00 hours with the standard long midday break. Graduate recruitment and the academic calendar shape spring and autumn hiring. The Spring Festival and the National Day weeks dominate the holiday schedule, when much of the city pauses together. The Yangtze port and the chemical works to the city north keep some operations running through the shorter national holidays.
Where is Nanjing?
Nanjing lies on the lower Yangtze around 270 kilometres up-river from Shanghai, the capital of Jiangsu province and a historic capital of China under several dynasties. Some 9 million people live in the metropolitan area. The river here runs wide and deep enough for ocean-going ships, making the city the furthest inland of China's major Yangtze ports and a long-standing gateway between the eastern coast and the populous interior provinces that lie upstream.