China Edition

Minecraft China is a localized edition of for mainland China, developed by Mojang Studios and NetEase. Minecraft China has over 300 million players as of November 2019.

Features

 * Free to download and play
 * Cloud storage
 * Friends system, with text chat support
 * Multiple in-game player names are allowed
 * Server rental and management in launcher
 * An alternative to the Realms service
 * The server owner does not have permission to upload or download server maps‌‌
 * The server can be backed up, restored or reset with allocated storage (6GB, 6000MB in total)
 * Maximum file size for server maps that can be backed up is 1GB, 1000MB
 * The server will be shut down after the storage space is full
 * Can install mods in rental mod service (Bukkit core)
 * Online game server
 * Different from rental server,the owner has full permission
 * Usually adopt third-party server application
 * Have in-server shop in UI
 * Visible when checking online game servers
 * Use Emerald or Diamond as currency, see below
 * VIP Membership Center
 * 20 CNY per month (≈2.8 USD per month)
 * 12 CNY per month (≈1.7 USD per month) after 40% off discount
 * VIP members can purchase seasonal merchandise at a discount of 40% rather than the original price. All purchased benefits and merchandise will be temporarily unavailable if the membership expired
 * Patch system
 * An alternative to the Marketplace service, normally only available in the Bedrock Edition of the game
 * Including API, resource packs, skins and mods, all contributed by community creators or officially reproduced from Marketplace
 * Some patches are free
 * Use Emerald or Diamond as currency instead of "Minecraft Coins"
 * Will not conflict or affect in-game items
 * One-click patching
 * No achievements on Bedrock Edition
 * Virtual joystick support (with eight directions)‌‌
 * New UI and pause menu
 * Different custom skin system
 * "Chaos/Apocalyptic Game mode" with new features of which includes a new "Apocalyptic realm" with exclusive achievements, items, biomes, mobs and 4 new bosses to fight.
 * NPC
 * The operator holds Worldbuilder permissions by default, which means that its interface can be edited when the education option is turned off
 * Some functionality is limited:
 * Advanced settings (invalid after reboot)
 * Command
 * Proprietary interface for developing advanced component features
 * Load custom items using item ID 456 (Portfolio in Education Edition)
 * Use special values to distinguish between different custom items
 * If custom item not register to mod will have these feature
 * In the hotbar will look like an apple item
 * Named
 * Put in item frame will show these textures

PC platform

 * Wonderful World (Simplified Chinese: 精彩世界 Pinyin: Jīngcǎi shìjiè): Game recommendation page including news, recommended resources, special topic, best videos, etc.
 * Game Center (Simplified Chinese: 游戏中心 Pinyin: Yóuxì zhōngxīn): Online gaming server.
 * Patch Center (Simplified Chinese: 组件中心 Pinyin: Zǔjiàn zhōngxīn): Patch resource area including functional patches, visual patches, map patches and gameplay patches.
 * Game Forum (Simplified Chinese: 游戏论坛 Pinyin: Yóuxì lùntán): Game discussion area including tips for tutorials, Q&A, video live, etc.
 * Game Live (Simplified Chinese: 游戏直播 Pinyin: Yóuxì zhíbō): Streamer Live area.
 * Novelties (Simplified Chinese: 新鲜事 Pinyin: Xīnxiān shì): Official account/player game updates publishing area.

Mobile platform

 * Game (Simplified Chinese: 游戏 Pinyin: Yóuxì): The page to launch the game, including Singleplayer, Rental Server Games, Multiplayer Lobby, Online Games, etc.
 * Friends (Simplified Chinese: 好友 Pinyin: Hǎoyǒu): Friend system including adding friends, chatting with friends or playing with multiplayer game, etc.
 * Community (Simplified Chinese: 社区 Pinyin: Shèqū): Including Novelties, News and Community, which are official account/player game dynamics publishing area, game news publishing area and in-game forum.
 * Resource Center (Simplified Chinese: 资源中心 Pinyin: Zīyuán zhōngxīn): Similar to Marketplace, it allows players to buy and download game maps, add-ons, texture packs and skins.

Comparison

 * Differences between Java Edition and Minecraft China


 * Differences between Bedrock Edition and Minecraft China

System requirements
From the official website.

Trivia

 * Five eighths of all Minecraft players are playing on Minecraft China (300 millions out of 480 millions players).
 * Famous with the especially slow update which players are annoyed with.
 * In China, a game called mini world has a lot of similarities to Minecraft, causing a lot of players that are arguing with each other.
 * On April 2020, because of the game mini world is off the AppStore because a lot of people are using it to spread inappropriate information on boards, Minecraft China don’t want to be off the AppStore so it can’t use boards and signs until June

Disadvantages

 * No debug sticks
 * Have to spend money if you want to open a server.
 * A lot of in-game purchases
 * A lot of fun mods are charged