diff --git a/pkg/controllers/pricing/suite_test.go b/pkg/controllers/pricing/suite_test.go
index 0427d6b2d642..97a11c18eb64 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/pricing/suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/pricing/suite_test.go
@@ -297,4 +297,35 @@ var _ = Describe("Pricing", func() {
 		Expect(ok).To(BeTrue())
 		Expect(price).To(BeNumerically("==", 1.10))
 	})
+	It("should update on-demand pricing with response from the pricing API when in the CN partition", func() {
+		tmpPricingProvider := pricing.NewProvider(ctx, awsEnv.PricingAPI, awsEnv.EC2API, "cn-anywhere-1")
+		tmpController := controllerspricing.NewController(tmpPricingProvider)
+
+		now := time.Now()
+		awsEnv.EC2API.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOutput.Set(&ec2.DescribeSpotPriceHistoryOutput{
+			SpotPriceHistory: []*ec2.SpotPrice{
+				{
+					AvailabilityZone: aws.String("test-zone-1a"),
+					InstanceType:     aws.String("c99.large"),
+					SpotPrice:        aws.String("1.23"),
+					Timestamp:        &now,
+				},
+			},
+		})
+		awsEnv.PricingAPI.GetProductsOutput.Set(&awspricing.GetProductsOutput{
+			PriceList: []aws.JSONValue{
+				fake.NewOnDemandPriceWithCurrency("c98.large", 1.20, "CNY"),
+				fake.NewOnDemandPriceWithCurrency("c99.large", 1.23, "CNY"),
+			},
+		})
+		ExpectReconcileSucceeded(ctx, tmpController, types.NamespacedName{})
+
+		price, ok := tmpPricingProvider.OnDemandPrice("c98.large")
+		Expect(ok).To(BeTrue())
+		Expect(price).To(BeNumerically("==", 1.20))
+
+		price, ok = tmpPricingProvider.OnDemandPrice("c99.large")
+		Expect(ok).To(BeTrue())
+		Expect(price).To(BeNumerically("==", 1.23))
+	})
 })
diff --git a/pkg/fake/pricingapi.go b/pkg/fake/pricingapi.go
index ad0dc3ceac52..5cf0dfcf5fd1 100644
--- a/pkg/fake/pricingapi.go
+++ b/pkg/fake/pricingapi.go
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ func (p *PricingAPI) GetProductsPagesWithContext(_ aws.Context, _ *pricing.GetPr
 }
 
 func NewOnDemandPrice(instanceType string, price float64) aws.JSONValue {
+	return NewOnDemandPriceWithCurrency(instanceType, price, "USD")
+}
+
+func NewOnDemandPriceWithCurrency(instanceType string, price float64, currency string) aws.JSONValue {
 	return aws.JSONValue{
 		"product": map[string]interface{}{
 			"attributes": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ func NewOnDemandPrice(instanceType string, price float64) aws.JSONValue {
 					"offerTermCode": "JRTCKXETXF",
 					"priceDimensions": map[string]interface{}{
 						"JRTCKXETXF.foo.bar": map[string]interface{}{
-							"pricePerUnit": map[string]interface{}{"USD": fmt.Sprintf("%f", price)},
+							"pricePerUnit": map[string]interface{}{currency: fmt.Sprintf("%f", price)},
 						},
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/pkg/providers/pricing/pricing.go b/pkg/providers/pricing/pricing.go
index 53c9f99991e2..3db8b0625aaf 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/pricing/pricing.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/pricing/pricing.go
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ func (p *Provider) onDemandPage(ctx context.Context, prices map[string]float64)
 
 	return func(output *pricing.GetProductsOutput, b bool) bool {
 		currency := "USD"
-		if p.region == "cn-north-1" {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(p.region, "cn-") {
 			currency = "CNY"
 		}
 		for _, outer := range output.PriceList {