# ARNs for Amazon Web Services in China
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 In the Beijing and Ningxia Regions, the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) syntax includes a cn. 

```
arn:{{aws-cn}}
```

 If an ARN requires you to specify a region: 
+  For the Beijing Region, use `{{cn-north-1}}`. 

  Example for Amazon Relational Database Service:

  ```
  arn:{{aws-cn}}:rds:{{cn-north-1}}:123456789012:db:mysql-db
  ```
+  For the Ningxia Region, use `{{cn-northwest-1}}`. 

  Example for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud:

  ```
  arn:{{aws-cn}}:ec2:{{cn-northwest-1}}:123456789012:volume/vol-1a2b3c4d
  ```

For additional information about ARNs, see [Identify Amazon resources with Amazon Resource Names (ARNs)](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference-arns.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.