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Shanghai Time - Current Local Time & Timezone

Current local time in Shanghai, China.

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Shanghai Time Zone Guide

This live clock shows the current local time in Shanghai, China using the timezone identifier Asia/Shanghai. The display updates every second and reflects the timezone rules provided by your browser, including daylight saving time changes when the region observes them.

Use this page when scheduling a call, planning travel, checking market hours, or confirming the local date before sending a message. If you need to watch several locations at once, return to the world clocks grid.

Planning with Shanghai Time

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Schedule a meetingCompare Shanghai business hours against your local time.
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Join a livestreamUse the local event time and create a countdown to date.
Set a reminderUse the alarm clock after converting the time to your timezone.

About Shanghai Time

Shanghai uses China Standard Time (CST), which is UTC+8 year-round. China uses a single nationwide timezone — China Standard Time — despite spanning roughly 5 geographic hours of longitude. Shanghai and Beijing are always on the same clock. China abolished Daylight Saving Time in 1991, making CST permanently fixed and highly predictable for international scheduling.

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) is one of the world's largest by total market capitalisation and trades from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST with a midday break. Shanghai is China's primary financial and trade hub, hosting the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, China's largest container port (Shanghai Port), and the operations of nearly every major international bank in China. The daily RMB central parity rate is published by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) in Shanghai.

Shanghai's UTC+8 position makes it the first of the major Northern Hemisphere continental Asian markets to open each day, following Australia. For global risk managers, SSE's 9:30 AM CST open is the first significant Asian equity event of each trading day — a data point that shapes positioning for London and New York sessions opening hours later.

Shanghai Time Zone Facts

  • UTC offset: UTC+8 (CST) all year; Shanghai and Beijing always share the same time.
  • SSE trades 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST; one of the world's largest exchanges.
  • Shanghai hosts China's largest container port and the daily RMB central parity rate fixing.
  • SSE's 9:30 AM CST open is the first major Northern Hemisphere Asian equity event each trading day.

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