Asia · CN
Shipping label for China
A generator that already knows how China wants an address written. Fill in the recipient, print at 100 × 150 mm, and the locality lines come out in the order China Post expects.
How addresses are written in China
Recipient name first, then the street line, then the locality. In China the locality line reads: Postal code first, then the city.
- Address layout
- Postal code first, then the city.
- Postal code
- 100000
- Country line
- CHINA
- Local script
- Chinese, Japanese or Korean characters
- Currency
- CNY
- Dialling code
- +86
- Customs status
- Outside the EU
Local addresses in China are written in Chinese, Japanese or Korean characters. For an inbound international parcel, put the address in the Latin alphabet: the exporting post office has to read it to route the item, and the delivery office can read both. Adding the local-script version underneath does no harm and often helps the courier on the last leg.
Worked example: a parcel arriving in Beijing
Sarah Whitfield 27 Weaver Street 100000 BEIJING CHINA
The last line is the destination country in English capitals. It only appears on parcels crossing a border, and it is there so the exporting post office can sort the item without reading the local script.
China uses postal codes. A valid one looks like 100000, the code for Beijing.
The national postal operator is China Post.
Generate a label for China
The destination is already set to China. Change the sender country if you are shipping from somewhere else. The CN22 customs block appears on its own whenever the route needs one.
Shipment details
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This parcel needs a CN22 and this template has no room to print one. Switch to the portrait or landscape template, or attach the declaration to the parcel separately.
| Contents: - | 1.4 kg |
| HS code: - · FR | 0.00 EUR |
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Customs status
China is outside the EU customs union, so every parcel arriving from abroad needs a customs declaration. Below roughly 300 SDR in value that is the CN22, printed on the label itself; above it, a CN23 on a separate sheet.
Sending to China from abroad
Two things change once the parcel crosses a border. The last address line must read CHINA in Latin capitals, and a customs declaration becomes mandatory. Below roughly 300 SDR in value that is the CN22, small enough to print on the label itself, and it is added as soon as your sender country is not China. Above that threshold, or where the destination customs office asks for it, you need the larger CN23 on a separate sheet.
Sending inside China
For a domestic parcel, drop the country line and skip the customs block entirely. The label keeps the sender block, the recipient block, weight, piece count and the reference barcode, which is all a courier or a pickup point needs to route it.
Straight answers · China
What this does, and what it does not
Is this an official postal label for China?
No, and no website can produce one. An official label from China Post or from a courier carries a tracking number issued against your account with them. This is an address and handling label: it puts the recipient in the right format, states the weight and pieces, and carries your own order reference as a barcode. Print it, tape it to the box, and add the carrier’s tracking label beside it at drop-off.
Which address format does China use?
The locality line reads: Postal code first, then the city. Labelbench applies that automatically the moment you pick China as the destination, so you do not have to remember whether the postal code comes before or after the city.
Do I need a customs form for China?
Only if the parcel starts in a different country. Domestic shipments inside China need no customs paperwork. For inbound international parcels, a CN22 is required below roughly 300 SDR and is added to the label automatically; heavier or more valuable consignments need a CN23 on a separate sheet.
Does a parcel sent to China need a customs form?
China is outside the EU customs union, so every parcel arriving from abroad needs a customs declaration. Below roughly 300 SDR in value that is the CN22, printed on the label itself; above it, a CN23 on a separate sheet.
Can I write the address in Chinese, Japanese or Korean characters?
Local addresses in China are written in Chinese, Japanese or Korean characters. For an inbound international parcel, put the address in the Latin alphabet: the exporting post office has to read it to route the item, and the delivery office can read both. Adding the local-script version underneath does no harm and often helps the courier on the last leg.