diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb88268..a248bba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 - Fix doc about spot instances, cluster-autoscaler should be scheduled on normal instances instead of spot (by @simowaer)
 - Adding `encrypted` option to worker's root_block_device as read from the worker configurations (by @craig-rueda)
+- Use correct policy arns for CN regions (cn-north-1, cn-northwest-1) (by @cofyc)
 
 # History
 
diff --git a/cluster.tf b/cluster.tf
index c5439ad..a327e92 100644
--- a/cluster.tf
+++ b/cluster.tf
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ resource "aws_iam_role" "cluster" {
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "cluster_AmazonEKSClusterPolicy" {
   count      = var.manage_cluster_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
-  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy"
+  policy_arn = "${local.policy_arn_prefix}/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy"
   role       = local.cluster_iam_role_name
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "cluster_AmazonEKSServicePolicy" {
   count      = var.manage_cluster_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
-  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSServicePolicy"
+  policy_arn = "${local.policy_arn_prefix}/AmazonEKSServicePolicy"
   role       = local.cluster_iam_role_name
 }
diff --git a/data.tf b/data.tf
index f43ac9e..d945c52 100644
--- a/data.tf
+++ b/data.tf
@@ -221,3 +221,5 @@ data "aws_iam_instance_profile" "custom_worker_group_launch_template_iam_instanc
     local.workers_group_defaults["iam_instance_profile_name"],
   )
 }
+
+data "aws_region" "current" {}
diff --git a/local.tf b/local.tf
index 8ed32f8..a959cc3 100644
--- a/local.tf
+++ b/local.tf
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ locals {
   default_ami_id_linux   = data.aws_ami.eks_worker.id
   default_ami_id_windows = data.aws_ami.eks_worker_windows.id
 
+  policy_arn_prefix = contains(["cn-northwest-1", "cn-north-1"], data.aws_region.current.name) ? "arn:aws-cn:iam::aws:policy" : "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy"
   workers_group_defaults_defaults = {
     name                          = "count.index"               # Name of the worker group. Literal count.index will never be used but if name is not set, the count.index interpolation will be used.
     tags                          = []                          # A list of map defining extra tags to be applied to the worker group autoscaling group.
diff --git a/workers.tf b/workers.tf
index 4c1a6a0..c198c5b 100644
--- a/workers.tf
+++ b/workers.tf
@@ -318,19 +318,19 @@ resource "aws_iam_instance_profile" "workers" {
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "workers_AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy" {
   count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
-  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy"
+  policy_arn = "${local.policy_arn_prefix}/AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy"
   role       = aws_iam_role.workers[0].name
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "workers_AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy" {
   count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.attach_worker_cni_policy && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
-  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy"
+  policy_arn = "${local.policy_arn_prefix}/AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy"
   role       = aws_iam_role.workers[0].name
 }
 
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "workers_AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly" {
   count      = var.manage_worker_iam_resources && var.create_eks ? 1 : 0
-  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly"
+  policy_arn = "${local.policy_arn_prefix}/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly"
   role       = aws_iam_role.workers[0].name
 }