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In the past, China had been divided into five time zones.

In 1912, the Central Observatory of the Republic of China in Peking (Beijing) divided the country into five time zones, namely Kunlun Time Zone (GMT+5.5), Sinkiang-Tibet Time Zone (GMT+6), Kansu-Szechuan Time Zone (GMT+7), Chungyuan Standard Time Zone (GMT+8), and Changpai Time Zone (GMT+8.5). These time zones were ratified in 1939 in the standard time conference of the Ministry of Interior of the Executive Yuan.

These time zones were no longer in effective use after 1949, when the PRC was established on mainland China, as the new government had its own policies regarding the time zones on mainland China. However, as the ROC still claimed that it had sovereignty over mainland China, the time zones that were assigned in 1912 are still in use in the view of the Government of the ROC, which had retreated to Taiwan. That is the reason why some government departments on Taiwan still refer to the time on Taiwan as "Chungyuan Standard Time" nowadays, although a lot of people want to officially change the name of the time zone to "Taiwan Time", Chungyuan being part of mainland China.

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