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Beijing's Covid-19 Health Kit App
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Capital | Beijing |
Currency | Yuan or Chinese Renminbi (CNY / ¥) |
Language | Chinese |
Timezone | UTC+08:00 |
Current time | 2:46am |
1 USD | |
1 EUR | |
Population | 1,379,302,771 |
Phone prefix | +86 |
Ambulance | 120 |
Fire | 119 |
Police | 110 |
Voltage | 220 V |
Frequency | 50 Hz |
Socket types | A, C, I |
Source: iec.ch