GB 18030

character encoding standardized in P.R. of China and mostly used for Simplified Chinese, compatible with the universal character set defined in The Unicode® Standard and the ISO/IEC 10646 standard, backward compatible with GB encodings
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GB 18030

Summary

GB 18030 is a coded character set[1]. It draws 255 Wikipedia views per month (coded_character_set category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • GB 18030 is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].
  • GB 18030's instance of is recorded as coded character set[4].
  • GB 18030's instance of is recorded as GB standard[5].
  • GB 18030's instance of is recorded as character encoding[6].
  • GB 18030's instance of is recorded as Unicode encoding[7].
  • GB 18030's based on is recorded as GBK[8].
  • GB 18030's based on is recorded as Universal Character Set[9].
  • GB 18030's Commons category is recorded as GB 18030[10].
  • GB 18030's replaces is recorded as GBK[11].
  • GB 18030's standards body is recorded as National Standardization Administration[12].
  • GB 18030's title is recorded as 国家标准GB 18030-2005《信息技术 中文编码字符集》[13].
  • GB 18030's used by is recorded as standard hanzi in mainland China[14].
  • GB 18030's International Classification for Standards is recorded as 35.040[15].

Body

Geography

GB 18030 is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include coded character set[4], GB standard[5], character encoding[6], and Unicode encoding[7].

Why It Matters

GB 18030 draws 255 Wikipedia views per month (coded_character_set category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Standards body National Standardization Administration
    Based on GBK, Universal Character Set
    Instance of coded character set, GB standard, character encoding +1
    Country People's Republic of China
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 5882, Add qualifier to File Format Wiki page ID `GB18030`"
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