ChinaMobilePhoneNumberRegex

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A set of regular expressions to match the mobile phone number in mainland China.

Regular Expressions (PCRE)

Match all numbers (Phone number + IoT number + Data only number)

^(?:\+?86)?1(?:3\d{3}|5[^4\D]\d{2}|8\d{3}|7[^29\D](?(?<=4)(?:0\d|1[0-2]|9\d)|\d{2})|9[189]\d{2}|6[567]\d{2}|4(?:[14]0\d{3}|[68]\d{4}|[579]\d{2}))\d{6}$

Match all numbers with SMS (Phone number + Data only number)

^(?:\+?86)?1(?:3\d{3}|5[^4\D]\d{2}|8\d{3}|7[^29\D](?(?<=4)(?:0\d|1[0-2]|9\d)|\d{2})|9[189]\d{2}|6[567]\d{2}|4[579]\d{2})\d{6}$

Mobile phone number

Match all

^(?:\+?86)?1(?:3\d{3}|5[^4\D]\d{2}|8\d{3}|7[^0129\D](?(?<=4)(?:0\d|1[0-2]|9\d)|\d{2})|9[189]\d{2}|66\d{2})\d{6}$

Match China Mobile

^(?:\+?86)?1(?:3[^0-3\D](?(?<=4)[^9\D]|\d)|5[^3-6\D]\d|8[23478]\d|(?:78|98)\d)\d{7}$

Match China Unicom

^(?:\+?86)?1(?:3[0-2]|[578][56]|66)\d{8}$

Match China Telecom

^(?:\+?86)?1(?:3[34](?(?<=4)(?:9)|\d)\d|53\d{2}|8[019]\d{2}|7[347](?(?<=4)(?:0[0-5])|\d{2})|9[19]\d{2})\d{6}$

Match Inmarsat (Satellite Communications)

^(?:\+?86)?1749\d{7}$

Match Emergency Communication Support Center of MIIT (Emergency communications)

^(?:\+?86)?174(?:0[6-9]|1[0-2])\d{6}$

MVNO number

Match all

^(?:\+?86)?1(?:7[01]|6[57])\d{8}$

Match China Mobile

^(?:\+?86)?1(?:65\d|70[356])\d{7}$

Match China Unicom

^(?:\+?86)?1(?:70[4789]|71\d|67\d)\d{7}$

Match China Telecom

^(?:\+?86)?170[0-2]\d{7}$

IoT number

Match all

^(?:\+?86)?14(?:[14]0\d|[68]\d{2})\d{8}$

Match China Mobile

^(?:\+?86)?14(?:40|8\d)\d{9}$

Match China Unicom

^(?:\+?86)?146\d{10}$

Match China Telecom

^(?:\+?86)?1410\d{9}$

Data only number

Match all

^(?:\+?86)?14[579]\d{8}$

Match China Mobile

^(?:\+?86)?147\d{8}$

Match China Unicom

^(?:\+?86)?145\d{8}$

Match China Telecom

^(?:\+?86)?149\d{8}$

Test/Debug Online

https://regex101.com
https://regexr.com
https://www.debuggex.com （PCRE visualizer）

Rules

Carrier

• Voice calls / SMS / Data traffic
• 11 digits

Carrier [1]	Prefix
China Mobile	134-0~8 / 135 / 136 / 137 / 138 / 139 / 150 / 151 / 152 / 157 / 158 / 159 / 178 / 182 / 183 / 184 / 187 / 188 / 198
China Unicom	130 / 131 / 132 / 155 / 156 / 166 / 175 / 176 / 185 / 186
China Telecom	133 / 134-9 / 153 / 173 / 174-00~05 / 177 / 180 / 181 / 189 / 191 / 199
Inmarsat (Satellite) [2]	174-9
Emergency Communication Support Center of MIIT (Emergency communications)	174-06~12

MVNO

• Voice calls / SMS / Data traffic
• 11 digits

Carrier [1]	Prefix
China Mobile	165 / 1703 / 1705 / 1706
China Unicom	167 / 1704 / 1707 / 1708 / 1709 / 171
China Telecom	1700 / 1701 / 1702

IoT

• Data traffic
• 13 digits

Carrier [1]	Prefix
China Mobile	1440X / 148XX
China Unicom	146XX
China Telecom	1410X

Data-plans only

• Voice calls (Partial) / SMS / Data traffic
• 11 digits

Carrier [1]	Prefix	Voice calls [3]
China Mobile	147	Yes
China Unicom	145	No
China Telecom	149	Yes

1. Since MNP has been piloted in some areas, for users who have changed to another carrier, the mobile phone number prefix can no longer reflect its current carrier.
2. Operated by China Transport Telecommunication & Information Center.
3. According to the relevant documents of the MIIT, the voice call function is allowed in 145 / 147 / 149 prefixes, carriers can decide whether to provide voice call function according to the needs of their customers. At present, the 147 / 149 prefixes that supports voice calls is available.

Reference

Telephone numbers in China - Wikipedia

Release Notes

2019.01.07

• Add support for 165 prefix.

2018.12.30

• Add an optional country code match.
• Add regular expression visualization links.
• Fix 17X prefix cannot match when matching non-174X prefix (e.g. 178).
• Fix non-numbers in negated character classes is not excluded.
• Optimize some regular expressions.

2018.12.29

• Add support for 146 / 149 / 167 / 191 / 1440X / 148XX / 1410X / 174-00~05 / 174-06~12 / 174-9 prefix.

2017.08.09

• Add support for 166 / 198 / 199 prefix.

2016.10.15

• Add English documentation.
• Add support for 175 prefix.
• Remove test project.
• Fix 1349 matching issues.

2016.04.05

• Add the 171 prefix support.
• Separate 14* prefix matching.
• Improve the MVNO prefix matching.

2014.12.19

• Initial release.

License

MIT