How to use a mainland mobile phone when traveling to Taiwan?

1. First of all, you need to activate the roaming business in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and the international long distance function to ensure normal use.

2. Try not to use mobile card data connection when surfing the Internet on mobile phones. It is very expensive. Use local free wifi in Taiwan. There are many in airports, hotels, etc. and the speed is very fast.

3. When making calls, it is more cost-effective to buy a local Taiwanese card, and the Internet data is also cheap. There is a 10-day unlimited data plan.

Extended information:

Taiwan (Taiwan) is located on the continental shelf on the southeast coast of mainland China. It borders the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Ryukyu Islands to the northeast, the Bashi Strait to the south and the Philippine Islands, and the Philippines to the west. It faces Fujian Province across the Taiwan Strait, with a total area of ??about 36,000 square kilometers, including Taiwan Island and 21 affiliated islands such as Orchid Island, Green Island, Diaoyu Island, and 64 islands in the Penghu Islands. Taiwan Island covers an area of ??35882.6258 square kilometers and is the largest island in China. 70% of it is mountainous and hilly. Plains are concentrated on the western coast, and the terrain and elevation vary greatly. The population is approximately 23.5 million, with more than 70% concentrated in the five western metropolitan areas.

Mainland and Taiwan belong to the same China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. The aboriginal ethnic group (Gaoshan ethnic group) had already settled here before the Han people immigrated in the 17th century. From the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, people from southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong had significantly migrated to the area, eventually forming a society dominated by Han people. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Penghu belonged to Fujian Road; in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, an inspection department was set up in Penghu; in the late Ming Dynasty, it was invaded by the Netherlands and Spain; in 1662, Zheng Chenggong recovered it; in the Qing Dynasty, Taiwan Prefecture was established in 1684 and belonged to Fujian Province, and the province was established in 1885; in 1895, the Qing government It was ceded to Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki; it was recovered after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945; in 1949, the Kuomintang government retreated to Taiwan after losing the civil war, and the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have been divided to this day.

In August 2018, M-Lab released a global broadband network speed ranking list, with Taiwan ranking 14th.

The evolution of Taiwan’s name:

The name "Taiwan" (Chinese Pinyin: Táiwān) originates from the Pingpu aborigines who live in Anping, Tainan today, the Siraya tribe "? Taiwan" The name of the company "Wo? Wan" means a coastal place, and the word "? Taiwan" in the full name is used as the abbreviation. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the term "Taiwan" was officially used.

The upper part of the picture on the right shows the official writing of the name "Taiwan" in Traditional Chinese characters, which is used in formal occasions such as Taiwan's official "credentials", documents and textbooks; the writing below is mostly used by private citizens and media.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Taiwan was called "Daoyi"; during the Qin Dynasty, it was called "Yingzhou"; during the Three Kingdoms period, it was called "?yizhou"; from the Sui Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, it was called "?liuqiu". After the mid-Ming Dynasty, there were many folk names for Taiwan, such as "Chicken Coop" (referring to northern Taiwan), "Beigang" (general name for the western coast of Taiwan), "Da Yuan", "Tai Yuan", "Taiwan Bay" ( Refers to the vicinity of today's Anping area in Tainan), officially known as "? Dongfan". Zheng Chenggong changed the name to "Dongdu", and later Zheng Jing changed it to "Dongning". ?

The Qing Dynasty changed its name to "Taiwan" and established the Taiwan Prefecture, which is affiliated with Fujian Province. This is the official name of Taiwan. Taiwan is also known as the "Treasure Island" due to its rich natural products. Taiwan is referred to as "Chinese Taipei" in some international settings.

The Portuguese called Taiwan "Formosa" (?Formosa), which originated from the Portuguese Ilha Formosa, which means "beautiful island". Before the 1950s, it was the main name for Taiwan in Europe and the United States. In ancient times, Japan once called Taiwan "Takasago", "Takasago Country" and "High Mountain Country".