Can I receive short messages with French numbers in China?

Of course. French numbers can receive short messages at home and also through international roaming. Short message is text or digital information sent or received directly by users through mobile phones or other telecommunication terminals. The number of characters that users can send and receive SMS at a time is 160 English or numeric characters or 70 Chinese characters. On April 8, 2020, China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom jointly issued the White Paper on 5G SMS, which made the basic SMS service in China enter a comprehensive upgrade channel, and the traditional SMS will be gradually replaced by 5G SMS (RCS service).