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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2018-06-01</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001673358</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Yum China Holdings, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>YUMC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001688841</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Lu Ruby Rong</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2-2-142 JIAN GUO MEN DIPLOMATIC RESIDENT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>JIAN GUO MEN WAI, CHAO YANG DISTRICT</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BEIJING</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>F4</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>100020</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>CHINA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-06-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4607</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>18586</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The transaction reported on this Form 4 reflects a change to the Issuer's pay cycle to directors to June 1, 2018. This award reflects the annual stock retainer granted to non-employee directors for services from June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019, net of the grant previously made to the Reporting Person for the period from June 1, 2018 to October 31, 2018.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Pingping Liu, Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-06-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
