In this post, I consolidate the full list of Foreign Affairs Offices or FAOs in China: provincial and sub-provincial.
In addition to being responsible for document authentication in China, the FAO will also be responsible for issuing Apostilles starting November 7, 2023.
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Foreign Affairs Head Office in Beijing/外交部领事
| Office address | Business Hours | Contact information |
| 11th floor, Fenglian Plaza, Block B No. 18, Chaoyangmenwai Street, Beijing 北京市朝阳门外大街18号，丰联广场B座11层 | Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (excluding national legal holidays and public holidays) | 010-65889761 Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 11:00 am 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm Excluding national legal holidays and public holidays |
Foreign Affairs Offices outside Beijing
| Name/外办名称 | Address/地址 | Phone Number/电话 |
| Anhui Foreign Affairs Office 安徽外办 | 1st Floor, Hall 6, C Block, 509 Ma’anshan Road, Hefei, Anhui 安徽省合肥市马鞍山路509号省政务服务中心 C座一楼 一号大厅 6号窗口 | 0551-62999842 |
| Chongqing Foreign Affairs Office 重庆外办 | 57 Honghu East Road, Yubei District, Chongqing 重庆市渝北区洪湖东路57号 | 023-63873733 023-63626820 |
| Fujian Foreign Affairs Office 福建外办 | 2nd Floor, 97 Hualin Road, Fuzhou, Fujian 福建省福州市华林路97号省外办大楼二层办事服务大厅 | 0591-87815074 0591-87829733 |
| Gansu Foreign Affairs Office 甘肃外办 | 805 Nanchang Road, Lanzhou, Gansu 兰州市南昌路805号 | 0931-8720709 |
| Guangdong Foreign Affairs Office 广东外办 | 2 Chigang Youlin Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 广州市海珠区赤岗友邻一路2号 | 020-81217589 020-81219789 |
| Guangxi Foreign Affairs Office 广西外办 | 6 Yibin Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning, Guangxi 广西壮族自治区南宁市青秀区怡宾路6号，政务服务中心2楼5号窗口外事办公室 | 0771-5595561 |
| Guizhou Foreign Affairs Office 贵州外办 | 172 Guanshan West Road, Guanshan Lake District, Guiyang, Guizhou 贵州省贵阳市观山湖区观山西路172号 | 0851-86611599 |
| Hainan Foreign Affairs Office 海南外办 | 3 Wuzhishan South Road, Haikou, Hainan 海南省海口市五指山南路3号省政务中心二楼社会管理服务窗口 | 0898-65316350 |
| Hebei Foreign Affairs Office 河北外办 | Bldg. B, 103, Minxin Square, Shifan Street, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 石家庄市师范街75号省直机关民心广场办公楼B座103 | 0311-87807336 |
| Heilongjiang Foreign Affairs Office 黑龙江外办 | 300 Gogol Street, Nangang District, Harbin 哈尔滨市南岗区果戈里大街300号 1 Century Avenue, Songbei District, Harbin, Heilongjiang 哈尔滨市松北区世纪大道1号 | 0451-53607560 0451-53633973 0451-84664237 0451-84664247 |
| Henan Foreign Affairs Office 河南外办 | 15 Jinshui Road, Zhengzhou, Henan 郑州市金水路15号 | 0371-65688864 |
| Hubei Foreign Affairs Office 湖北外办 | 3 Bayi Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei 武汉市武昌区八一路3号 | 027-87301852 |
| Hunan Foreign Affairs Office 湖南外办 | 12 Shaoshan North Road, Changsha, Hunan 长沙市韶山北路12号湘汇大厦3楼 | 0731-81127825 |
| Inner Mongolia Foreign Affairs Office 内蒙古外办 | Rm 104, Annex Bldg. 8, Courtyard 63, Xinhua Street, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 内蒙古自治区呼和浩特市新华大街63号院8号楼西附楼104房间 | 0471-6946380 0471-6946082 |
| Jiangsu Foreign Affairs Office 江苏外办 | 2nd Floor, Section F, 145 Hanzhongmen Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu 南京市汉中门大街145号二楼F区 | 025-83666440 |
| Jiangxi Foreign Affairs Office 江西外办 | 993 Honggu Pan Street, Red Valley Beach Area, Nanchang, Jiangxi 南昌市红谷滩区北龙蟠街993号方楼（省政务服务中心四楼省外办窗口） | 0791-86739846 0791-86739840 |
| Jilin Foreign Affairs Office 吉林外办 | People’s Street, 9999, Changchun, Jilin 长春市人民大街9999号，省政务大厅，一楼外办认证窗口 3066 South Ring Road, Nanguan District, Changchun, Jilin 吉林省长春市南关区南环城路3066号（长春市人民政府办公二区A座10楼） | 0431-82752831 0431-88775332 |
| Jingdezhen Foreign Affairs Office 景德镇外办 | 666 Cidu Avenue, Development Center Building 2, Rm 117, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi 江西省景德镇市瓷都大道666号（发展中心2号楼景德镇市外事办117室） | 0798-8210973 |
| Liaoning Foreign Affairs Office 辽宁外办 | Qiyun Business Daxia, 96-6 Huanghe South Street, Shenyang, Liaoning 辽宁省沈阳市皇姑区黄河南大街96-6号启运商务大夏 | 024-23271077 |
| Manzhouli Foreign Affairs Office 满洲里外办 | 1203 Party and Government Office Building, New District, Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia 内蒙古满洲里市新区党政办公楼1203室 | 0470-6234991 |
| Ningbo Foreign Affairs Office 宁波外办 | 1901 Ningchuan Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang 宁波市鄞州区宁穿路1901号（市政务服务中心2楼2046窗口） | 0574-87187512 0574-87182007 |
| Ningxia Foreign Affairs Office 宁夏外办 | 106 Fenghuang North Street, Yinchuan, Ningxia 宁夏银川市凤凰北街106号 | 0951-5044617 |
| Qingdao Foreign Affairs Office 青岛外办 | 17 Fuzhou South Road, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong 青岛市市南区福州南路17号青岛市民中心四楼T11窗口 | 0532-66200531 |
| Qinghai Foreign Affairs Office 青海外办 | 14 Jiefang Road, Xining, Qinghai 青海省西宁市解放路14号 | 0971-8249837 0971-8244069 |
| Qinhuangdao Foreign Affairs Office 秦皇岛外办 | 78 Youyi Road, Haigang District, Qinhuangdao 秦皇岛市海港区友谊路78号 | 0335-3652320 |
| Shaanxi Foreign Affairs Office 陕西外办 | 1 Huan Cheng East Road, Beilin District, Xi’an, Shaanxi 西安市碑林区环城东路南段1号生产力大厦3楼北厅 | 029-83232980 029-82418705 |
| Shandong Foreign Affairs Office 山东外办 | 28-1 Qianfoshan West Road, Lixia District, Jinan, Shandong 济南市历下区千佛山西路28-1号 山东省外事服务大厅 7th Floor, Qianfoshan Building, 15 Wenhua West Road, Lixia District, Jinan, Shandong 山东省济南市历下区文化西路15号千佛山大厦7层 | 0531-51778592 0531-51778757 0531-86931248 |
| Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office 上海外办 | Rm 104, 1st Floor, Guidu Building, 228 Huashan Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai 上海市静安区华山路228号贵都办公楼1楼104室 | 021-62470833 |
| Shanxi Foreign Affairs Office 山西外办 | 2nd Floor, 366 Yingze Street, Taiyuan, Shanxi 山西太原市迎泽大街366号2楼办证大厅 | 0351-4083617 |
| Shenzhen Foreign Affairs Office 深圳外办 | Civic Center Administrative Service Hall, Fuzhong 3 Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 深圳市福田区福中3路市民中心行政服务大厅 | 0755-88120331 |
| Sichuan Foreign Affairs Office 四川外办 | 100 East Third Ring Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 成都市一环路东三段100号 | 028-84392778 |
| Tianjin Foreign Affairs Office 天津外办 | 2nd Floor, Guangyin Building, Youyi North Road, Hexi District, Tianjin 天津市河西区友谊北路广银大厦二楼 | 022-58785378 |
| Tibet Foreign Affairs Office 西藏外办 | 11 Linkuo North Road, Lhasa, Tibet 拉萨市林廓北路11号 | 0891-6328433 0891-6335171 |
| Wenzhou Foreign Affairs Office 温州外办 | 2nd Floor, Overseas Service Center, A Block, 1288 Hui Zhan Road, Lucheng District, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 温州市鹿城区会展路1288号市民中心A座2层海外服务中心 | 0577-88315299 0577-88312577 0577-88370677 |
| Wuhan Foreign Affairs Office 武汉外办 | B29-30, 1st Floor, Wuhan Municipal Service Center, 117 Jinqiao Road, Hankou, Wuhan, Hubei 武汉市汉口金桥大道117号武汉市政务服务中心一楼B29-30窗口 | 027-82847467 |
| Xi’an Foreign Affairs Office 西安外办 | 109 Fengcheng 8th Road, Weiyang District, Xi’an, Shaanxi 西安市未央区凤城八路109号 | 029-86787882 029-86787883 |
| Xiangyang Foreign Affairs Office 襄阳外办 | 8 Zhong Yuan West Road, High-Tech Zone, Xiangyang, Hubei 湖北省襄阳市高新区中原西路8号（襄阳市市民服务中心） | 0710-3756559 |
| Xinjiang Foreign Affairs Office 新疆外办 | 226 Donghuan Road, Tianshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang 乌鲁木齐市天山区东环路226号 | 0991-6176788 |
| Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps 新疆生产建设兵团 | 12 Jianse Road, 8 Jianshe Lane, Building 101, Tianshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang 乌鲁木齐天山区建设路12号建设巷8号东楼101室 | 0991-2327565 |
| Yichang Foreign Affairs Office 宜昌外办 | 37 Lüluo Road, Xiling District, Yichang, Hubei 宜昌市西陵区绿萝路37号人防办备勤楼一层 | 0717-6733275 |
| Yunnan Foreign Affairs Office 云南外办 | 230 Daguan Road, Kunming, Yunnan 昆明市大观路230号 | 0871-64098094 |
| Zhejiang Foreign Affairs Office 浙江外办 | 1 Shihan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 杭州市石函路1号 | 0571-87054901 0571-81050346 |
| Zhuhai Foreign Affairs Bureau 珠海外事局 | 27 Central Street, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai, Guangdong 珠海市香洲区中心街27号珠海外事局 | 0756-2125402 |
Agencies in Beijing Handling Additional Certificates for Documents
| Name/代办单位 | Address/地址 | Phone Number/电话 |
| Beijing Chang’an Notary Office 北京市长安公证处 | 1st Floor, Chuangzuo Building, 6 Chaoyangmen North Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 北京市东城区朝阳门北大街6号首创大厦一层 | 010-65543888-8728 |
| Beijing Dongfang Notary Office 北京市东方公证处 | 168 Andingmenwai Dajie, Dongcheng District, Beijing 北京市东城区安定门外大街168号 | 010-64070171 |
| Beijing Fangyuan Notary Office 北京市方圆公证处 | 3rd Floor, Building 2, INN Building, 5 Dongshuijing Hutong, Chaonei Dajie, Dongcheng District, Beijing 北京市东城区朝内大街东水井胡同5号北京INN大厦2号楼3层 | 010-85197689 |
| Beijing Guoxin Notary Office 北京市国信公证处 | 1st Floor, Block A, Tianzuo Guoji Zhongxin, Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing 北京市海淀区中关村南大街天作国际中心A座一层 | 010-82255185-818 |
| China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Service 中贸促商事服务有限公司（中国贸促会商事认证中心） | 2 Huapi Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 北京市西城区桦皮厂胡同2号 国际商会大厦3层 | 010-82217090 |
| China Travel Service Group 中国旅游集团旅行服务有限公司 | 8 Dongjiaominxiang, Dongcheng District, Beijing 北京市东交民巷8号 | 010-65124896 |
| Maofa International Travel Service 茂发国际旅行社 | 1st Floor North, Youth Apartment, Building 6, Sifang Lüluo Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 北京市朝阳区三丰北里6号楼悠唐青年公寓1层北侧认证大厅 | 010-85615562 |
