A Chinese address begins with a postal code, and the address elements continue from the largest geographical element to the smallest element.

A Chinese address contains address elements in the following order:

POSTAL_CODE PROVINCE_1 LOCALITY_1 LOCALITY_2 LOCALITY_3 STREET HOUSE_NUMBER BUILDING SUBBUILDING

The following table lists the address elements and examples for the address elements in simplified Chinese:

Address Elements	Example
POSTAL_CODE	353099
PROVINCE_1	福建省
LOCALITY_1	南平市
LOCALITY_2
LOCALITY_3
STREET	文体路
HOUSE_NUMBER	338 号
BUILDING	塔园外交公寓
SUBBUILDING
Example Address	353099福建省南平市文体路338号塔园外交公寓

An address in the Latin-1 script lists the address elements on multiple lines. The address reverses the order of the elements in the corresponding simplified Chinese address.

The following sample address demonstrates the Latin-1 address format:

TǍYUÁN WÀIJIĀOGŌNGYÙ 
338 HÀO WÉNTILÙ
NÁNPÍNGSHÌ FÚJIÀNSHENG 353099

The following sample address demonstrates the corresponding simplified Chinese address format:

353099福建省南平市文体路338号塔园外交公寓