Differences Between HUAWEI CLOUD Chinese Mainland Website and HUAWEI CLOUD International Website

HUAWEI CLOUD has two websites: HUAWEI CLOUD Chinese Mainland and HUAWEI CLOUD International.

• The HUAWEI CLOUD Chinese Mainland website is intended for customers in the Chinese mainland. For details about how to register an account on the HUAWEI CLOUD Chinese Mainland website, see Registering a HUAWEI ID.
• The HUAWEI CLOUD International website is intended for global organizations and enterprises, and overseas branches of Chinese enterprises. For details about how to register an account on the HUAWEI CLOUD International website, see Account Registration Process. Table 1 shows the differences between the two websites.

  Table 1 Differences between the HUAWEI CLOUD Chinese Mainland website and the HUAWEI CLOUD International website

  Difference	HUAWEI CLOUD Chinese Mainland Website	HUAWEI CLOUD International Website
  Real-name authentication	Real-name authentication is required when you buy or use cloud services.	Real-name authentication is required only when you buy or use cloud services provisioned in the Chinese mainland.
  Contracting party	Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd. Huawei Software Technologies Co., Ltd.	Huawei Services (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. Sparkoo Technologies Singapore Pte. Ltd. Huawei (Chile) S.A.
  Requirement for transactions	The account has completed real-name authentication.	The account is bound with a credit card or has been granted a credit.
  Transaction model	Prepayment. You need to pay an upfront fee before you get started.	Post payment. You can use services in advance and repay your bills later.
  Transaction currency	CNY	Currency you have selected in the Currency area of the Preferences page in My Account
  Payment method	Top-up: bank transfer, online payment Payment: payment with balance, online payment NOTE: WeChat, Alipay, and UnionPay are supported. To make payments with your balance, top up your account through online payment or bank transfer.	Online payment, payment by credit card For online payments, your VISA or MasterCard must be from: Angola, Argentina, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Macao (China), Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
  Transaction type	Pay-per-use and yearly/monthly	Pay-per-use, yearly/monthly, reserved instances