Key facts
- Chinese car apps deliver the verification code only to +86 numbers — SMS is never sent to numbers from other countries.
- No Chinese passport required: the number is issued against your international passport, name and surname in Latin letters.
- Issuance takes from 30 minutes to 2 hours after the issuance procedure starts.
- The number works as an eSIM: a separate profile, your main SIM keeps working. No QR code needed — SMS arrive in an app on the phone.
- The number does not work for WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram or Facebook — Chinese numbers are not accepted there.
Li Auto (Lixiang) cars come with an app tied to a Chinese master account. Outside China the app does not send verification codes to local numbers — a Chinese +86 number is required, otherwise the driver is left without car control, updates and remote functions.
What does not work without +86
- Registering a new account outside China
- Recovering the master account registered by the first owner in China
- Adding a second driver and family access
- OTA updates and remote commands
What KitSim does
- We issue a Chinese +86 number as an eSIM, usually within one day after receiving the owner's documents.
- The owner installs the eSIM alongside their own SIM: no need to change the phone.
- They register a new account or recover the master account in the Li Auto app.
- One year later the number is renewed — we remind in advance.
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