After the Chinese Civil War, in 1949, a unified time zone-GMT +08-was established by the People's Republic of China for all its territories, called Beijing Time (sometimes known as Chinese Standard Time).
After the Chinese Civil War with the then ruling Kuomintang (KMT), the Communist Party gained control of the Chinese mainland and established the People's Republic of China in 1949. A unified time zone-GMT +08-was established for all its territories, called Beijing Time (sometimes known as Chinese Standard Time).