diff --git a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go
index fa1630aa81..875341c065 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ const (
 const (
 	// AWSDebugLevel defines the LogLevel for AWS produced logs
 	AWSDebugLevel = 5
+)
 
+// Regions
+const (
 	// RegionUSWest1 represents the US West Region North California
 	RegionUSWest1 = "us-west-1"
 
@@ -134,7 +137,16 @@ const (
 
 	// DefaultRegion defines the default region, where to deploy the EKS cluster
 	DefaultRegion = RegionUSWest2
+)
+
+// Partitions
+const (
+	PartitionAWS   = "aws"
+	PartitionChina = "aws-cn"
+	PartitionUSGov = "aws-us-gov"
+)
 
+const (
 	// DefaultNodeType is the default instance type to use for nodes
 	DefaultNodeType = "m5.large"
 
@@ -319,6 +331,18 @@ func SupportedRegions() []string {
 	}
 }
 
+// Partition gives the partition a region belongs to
+func Partition(region string) string {
+	switch region {
+	case RegionUSGovWest1, RegionUSGovEast1:
+		return PartitionUSGov
+	case RegionCNNorth1, RegionCNNorthwest1:
+		return PartitionChina
+	default:
+		return PartitionAWS
+	}
+}
+
 // DeprecatedVersions are the versions of Kubernetes that EKS used to support
 // but no longer does. See also:
 // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/kubernetes-versions.html
diff --git a/pkg/cfn/builder/vpc_endpoint.go b/pkg/cfn/builder/vpc_endpoint.go
index a11e7ac767..7f7a1519c2 100644
--- a/pkg/cfn/builder/vpc_endpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/cfn/builder/vpc_endpoint.go
@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@ func (e *VPCEndpointResourceSet) hasEndpoint(endpoint string) bool {
 // BuildVPCEndpointServices builds a slice of VPCEndpointServiceDetails for the specified endpoint names
 func BuildVPCEndpointServices(ec2API ec2iface.EC2API, region string, endpoints []string) ([]VPCEndpointServiceDetails, error) {
 	serviceNames := make([]string, len(endpoints))
-	serviceRegionPrefix := fmt.Sprintf("com.amazonaws.%s.", region)
+	servicePrefix := ""
+	if api.Partition(region) == api.PartitionChina {
+		servicePrefix = "cn."
+	}
+	serviceRegionPrefix := fmt.Sprintf("%scom.amazonaws.%s.", servicePrefix, region)
 	for i, endpoint := range endpoints {
 		serviceNames[i] = serviceRegionPrefix + endpoint
 	}