People's Republic of China's civilian motor vehicle license plates

The People's Republic of China's civilian motor vehicle license plate refers to the legal symbol registered by the statutory authorities for civilian motor vehicles permitted to travel on roads within the territory of the People's Republic of China, belonging to the vehicle registration plates of China. License plates are generally hung at specific locations on motor vehicles, with the number being the registration number of the motor vehicle. The coding system and format currently used have been in use since 1992, also known as the '92 style license plate, and have been revised in 2008 and 2010. New energy vehicle license plates began to be issued on December 1, 2016, initially piloted in five cities: Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Jinan, and Shenzhen. The pilot issuance area has since expanded to other cities nationwide.

On August 12, 2002, Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen piloted the registration of 2002-style motor vehicle license plates, but emergency issuance was halted on August 22, 2002.

History

After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, various local Public security bureau (China) agencies began issuing vehicle license plates, but the standards and numbering methods varied from place to place. In October 1950, automobile license plates were officially issued, using sequential motor vehicle license plates, with numbers arranged from small to large based on provinces. Starting from 1960, the Ministry of Public Security of the Central People's Government standardized the size, colors, and materials of license plates, and arranged them according to the sequence of provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions nationwide. Sequential motor vehicle license plates went through four generations.

In August 1986, the Ministry of Public Security began issuing the fifth generation of motor vehicle license plates. This type of license plate, imitating vehicle registration plates of Japan, is divided into two rows. The characters in the first row are smaller, indicating the issuing authority in the format of "provincial-level administrative region name + two-digit area code", with the area code sequence roughly similar to the current "92 style" license plate area code sequence. The second row consists of 5 digits, a mix of Arabic numerals and Latin letters. In terms of plate color, small car plates are green with white letters, large car plates are red with white letters, foreign vehicle plates are black with red letters, and instructor vehicle plates are blue with white letters. Since this type of license plate was first issued in 1986, it is also known as the "86 style".

In 1992, the Ministry of Public Security began piloting the 1992-style motor vehicle license plates in cities like Urumqi and Daqing (the types of license plates currently issued), and nationwide issuance began in 1994.

In August 2002, Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen piloted the "2002" motor vehicle license plates, covering four types of vehicles: large cars, small cars, motorcycles, and mopeds. These license plates allowed vehicle owners to customize their plate numbers, which consisted of six Latin letters or digits, increasing the number capacity by over 100 times. The plates also incorporated improved anti-counterfeiting technology and were managed digitally via computer systems. The license plates contained an embedded vehicle identification code that was bound to the vehicle and could not be separated from it. The pilot issuance was initially planned to run from August 12 to December 31 in the aforementioned areas, but it was halted after just 10 days due to "technical reasons." Subsequent vehicle transfers would revert to using the '92 style license plates. It is said that the current traffic control monitoring system cannot recognize traffic violations committed by vehicles with the '02 style license plates.

On October 6, 2008, several cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou, began issuing personalized motor vehicle license plates. The display format of these plates is the same as the 1992-style motor vehicle license plates, but the last five characters can be chosen by the vehicle owner, with different coding rules in each location. For example, Beijing only allows four digits and one Latin letter, while Shenzhen allows up to two Latin letters. The original method of selecting license plate numbers also continued to be used alongside the personalized plate number option.

On November 21, 2016, the Ministry of Public Security announced that starting December 1, 2016, pilot issuance of new energy vehicle license plates would begin in five cities: Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Jinan, and Shenzhen. Based on public opinion collected by the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security from April to May 2016, the design with the highest votes was selected as the final version. New energy vehicle license plate numbers have one more digit than regular vehicle license plates, making them six digits long. During the pilot period, newly purchased new energy vehicles in the five pilot cities would be issued new energy vehicle license plates upon registration. For already registered new energy vehicles, owners could choose to replace their old plates with the new ones voluntarily. Outside the pilot cities, new energy vehicles that were newly purchased and registered would still receive the '92 style license plates. The Ministry of Public Security also planned to research improvements to the design of regular vehicle license plates.

Starting at 9 a.m. on December 1, the first new energy vehicle license plates were issued in the five pilot cities: 苏A·D09999 (Nanjing), 苏B·D00100 (Wuxi), 沪A·D00806 (Shanghai), 粤B·F03030 (Shenzhen), and 鲁A·D11111 (Jinan). As of August 2017, 76,000 new energy vehicle license plates had been issued in the five pilot cities. According to the Ministry of Public Security's plan, beginning in November 2017, new energy vehicle license plates would be issued in Baoding (Hebei), Changchun (Jilin), Fuzhou (Fujian), Qingdao (Shandong), Zhengzhou (Henan), Zhongshan (Guangdong), Liuzhou (Guangxi), Chongqing, Chengdu (Sichuan), and Kunming (Yunnan). By the end of December 2017, besides the direct-controlled municipalities, provincial capitals, and autonomous region capitals, at least one to two cities in each province (or region) would start issuing new energy vehicle license plates. By the first half of 2018, all cities nationwide would fully implement the issuance of new energy vehicle license plates.

Styles and Encoding Rules of Various Generations of License Plates

86 Style License Plate (No Longer in Use)

Example Illustration of an "86 Style" License Plate

In July 1986, mainland China began using the "86 style" license plates. These plates imitated the format of Japanese vehicle license plates and featured the following characteristics:

Format:

• Two rows of text
• Top Row: Smaller characters indicating the province name and a number
• Bottom Row: A five-character registration number, a mix of Arabic numerals and Latin letters

Dimensions:

• Motorcycle Plates: 220×120mm
• Car Plates: 300×165mm
• Police Vehicle Plates: Single row of text on a long plate

Color Codes:

• Small passenger cars, light trucks: Green background with white characters
• Large passenger cars, heavy trucks: Red background with white characters
• Trailers: White background with black characters
• Agricultural vehicles: Yellow background with white characters
• Instructor or test vehicles: Blue background with white characters
• Foreign vehicles: Black background; if restricted to specific areas, red characters
• Police vehicles: Red characters "GA" (abbreviation for "Gong An," meaning public security) + two-digit province code + four-digit number

Transition to 92 Style License Plates: The "92 style" license plates were piloted in 1992 in places like Daqing and Ürümqi. The large-scale replacement of 86 style plates with 92 style plates began around 1994-1995. For Guangdong-Hong Kong and Guangdong-Macao dual plates, the 86 style "Guangdong 02" and "Guangdong 03" plates were used until 2001, when they were replaced by "Yue Z Gang" (粤Z港) and "Yue Z Ao" (粤Z澳) plates.

92 Style License Plates (Current)

Further information: Vehicle registration plates of China

The 1992-style motor vehicle license plates consist of a simplified Chinese character representing a first-level administrative region, followed by a Latin letter and a group of 5 digits or Latin letters. Typically, the Latin letter following the simplified Chinese character determines the importance of the city to the province. For example, "A" is used for vehicles registered in the city center of provincial capitals (or autonomous region capitals) or direct-controlled municipalities. Cities outside the provincial capitals are arranged from "B" onwards based on their economic development level and influence as of 1994. The letters for license plates from special economic zones are usually placed earlier (from "B" to "D", for example, Shenzhen is "粤B"), followed by the sequence based on factors like population of prefecture-level cities. The sequence of license plates in Fujian Province is determined clockwise based on the position of cities on the map, starting from Fuzhou as the origin. Fuzhou is labeled as "A", and then cities are arranged clockwise on the map starting from Fuzhou, from B (Putian) to J (Ningde). The sequence of license plates in Hubei Province is determined by the time when the city was last under provincial administration, with Wuhan as "A", Huangshi (1950) as "B", Shiyan (1973) as "C", and Shashi, which was under provincial administration in 1949 but later changed to municipal administration and reverted to provincial administration in 1979, as "D", and so on. Generally, cities outside directly administered municipalities usually correspond to only one letter for license plates, but a few county-level cities or districts in some provinces may have different letters from their prefecture-level cities, usually because they were initially classified as prefecture-level cities when the plates were issued but later did not have the same letters as their prefecture-level cities (for example, Foshan in Guangdong Province has three different letters for license plates: "E", "X", and "Y" (with X and Y discontinued since February 2018); Kunming in Yunnan Province has two letters, A and B, with the latter being the original license plate for Dongchuan City (now Dongchuan District, no longer issued)). Some provinces with many prefecture-level cities may even use up to "Z" (such as Guangdong and Sichuan provinces). Some cities, due to a significant increase in the number of motor vehicles, have found that the existing number ranges no longer meet their needs, so there are situations where two letters for license plates coexist (for example, Qingdao in Shandong Province has B and U).

Additionally, to avoid confusion with the numbers "1" and "0," the letters "I" and "O" are not used (with some exceptions for license plates of provincial government agencies and public security systems, such as the license plate for the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau "粤O A0001," which is managed like police car license plates). "O" plates, designated for civilian use by police vehicles, were introduced in the 1990s and enjoy priority on the roads. Some local government departments and related units have overused these plates beyond their specified scope, which has been widely criticized by the public. In 2003, Heilongjiang Province was the first to cancel "O" plates, and currently, 22 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions have discontinued these license plates.

The codes on the license plates are as follows:

• Regular civilian license plates: The first field consists of the simplified Chinese abbreviation for the provincial-level administrative region (e.g., 京 for Beijing, 沪 for Shanghai, etc.); the second field is the Latin letter code for the second-level administrative region; the third field consists of a mix of 5 Arabic numerals and Latin letters.
• Agricultural vehicle license plates: The first field consists of the simplified Chinese abbreviation for the provincial-level administrative region; the second field is the uppercase letters "NJ" (the initials of "农机", meaning agricultural machinery in Pinyin); the third field consists of a mix of 5 Arabic numerals and Latin letters.

Example of a 1992-style small vehicle license plate of the People's Republic of China

Special License Plates

In some regions, the following special license plates are also used:

Tractors:

Green License Plates:

• The first field uses a 2-3 character abbreviation of the provincial-level administrative region in Chinese (e.g., 北京 for Beijing, 内蒙古 for Inner Mongolia, 新疆 for Xinjiang).
• The second field is the Latin letter code for the second-level administrative region.
• The third field is a sequence of 5 Arabic numerals.
• Example: 北京WJ52C90 (Beijing WJ52C90)

Red License Plates:

• The first field uses a 2-3 character abbreviation of the provincial-level administrative region in Chinese.
• The second field consists of 2 Arabic numerals.
• The third field is a sequence of 5 Arabic numerals.
• Example: 上海KA357T8 (Shanghai KA357T8)

Low-Speed Trucks, Agricultural Transport Vehicles, Tractor-Transformed Transport Vehicles, Agricultural Passenger Vehicles, etc.:

Green License Plates:

• The first field uses the simplified Chinese abbreviation for the provincial-level administrative region (e.g., 京 for Beijing, 沪 for Shanghai).
• The second field consists of 1-2 Arabic numerals.
• The third field is a sequence of 5 Arabic numerals.
• Example: 京12A345 (Beijing 12A345)

New Energy Vehicle License Plates

New energy vehicle (NEV) license plates have been piloted since December 1, 2016, in Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Jinan, and Shenzhen. From November 20, 2017, they were also introduced in Baoding, Changchun, Fuzhou, Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Zhongshan, Liuzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu, and Kunming. By the end of December 2017, in addition to directly administered municipalities, provincial capitals, and autonomous region capitals, each province (region) introduced the new plates in at least 1 to 2 more cities. In the first half of 2018, all cities nationwide fully implemented the new plates.

Special Symbol for New Energy Vehicle License Plates

NEV license plates feature a specialized symbol with a green background, symbolizing electric and new energy. The green circle on the right side contains an electric plug icon, and the colorful part on the left resembles the letter "E" (for electric).

NEV license plates are only applicable to "domestic," "regular," "civilian," and "long-term registered" vehicles. Diplomatic cars (使), consular cars (领), instructor cars (学), police cars (警), Hong Kong vehicles entering the mainland (港), Macau vehicles entering the mainland (澳), Armed Police (WJ), military vehicles, emergency rescue vehicles (应急), and temporary plates (including temporary travel, trial, over-limit, and temporary entry) do not differentiate between new energy and non-new energy vehicles. Therefore, even if these vehicles are new energy, they use their respective traditional license plate formats.

The dimensions of NEV license plates are 480mm x 140mm. The abbreviation for the provincial-level administrative region in Chinese characters measures 45mm x 90mm. Although the characters used in the 1992-style plates (440mm x 140mm) are also 45mm x 90mm, the font style of NEV plates differs from the 1992-style plates. The letters and numbers used in NEV plates are 43mm x 90mm.

• The small new energy vehicle license plate has a gradient green background with black characters and a black border.

Example of a License Plate for Small New Energy Vehicles

• The large new energy vehicle license plate features a yellow-green background with black characters and a black border.

Example of a License Plate for Large New Energy Vehicles

The license plate number consists of a simplified Chinese character representing the primary administrative region, followed by a Latin letter and a group of six digits or Latin letters, one more than regular vehicle license plates.

For purely electric vehicles, the letter "D" is given priority, followed by "A," "B," "C," and "E" as the "D" series is exhausted. For non-purely electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles), the letter "F" is given priority, followed by "G," "H," "J," and "K" as the "F" series is exhausted.

In small vehicle license plates, the letter representing the energy form is placed in the first position of the plate number, while in large vehicle license plates, it's placed in the last position.

Permissible combinations for small vehicles include: letter representing energy form + five digits; letter representing energy form + any letter (excluding "I" and "O") + four digits.

Permissible combinations for large vehicles include: five digits + letter representing energy form.

The new energy vehicle license plates are produced using pollution-free hot stamping technology, with a green and environmentally friendly production process. They incorporate anti-counterfeiting techniques such as two-dimensional barcodes, hidden watermark patterns, and laser patterns to enhance security measures.

Emergency Rescue Special License Plate

At the end of 2018, a new type of emergency rescue special license plate for fire trucks was introduced, adopting the dimensions of 480×140mm from the new energy vehicle license plate and featuring characters including provincial administrative region abbreviations in Chinese, numbers, and letters. For example: "鄂X5132应急" and "鄂S2256应急". Currently, only two letters are used: "S" which was previously used by the forestry fire department, and "X" used by the fire rescue department. On January 6, 2023, the fire rescue department and the forestry fire department were integrated to establish the National Fire Rescue Bureau. However, there are currently no new regulations in place regarding this, and the spacing of characters on these plates differs from that of new energy vehicle plates.

Template and Examples of New Energy Vehicle License Plates and Emergency Rescue Special License Plates

A vehicle with a license plate bearing the word "Emergency" was photographed in Dongguan City.

02 License Plate (No Longer in Use)

2002 Standard Motor Vehicle License Plate Simplified Diagram

Starting from August 12, 2002, the "2002" motor vehicle license plates, which were piloted in Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen, are divided into four types: large-sized cars, small-sized cars, motorcycles, and light motorcycles.

• Large-sized car plates have a yellow background with black characters and a black border.
• Small-sized car plates have a blue-and-white background with black characters and a black border.
• Motorcycle plates have a yellow background with black characters and a black border.
• Light motorcycle plates have a blue-and-white background with black characters and a black border.

When selecting a plate number, vehicle owners follow the "3+3" principle, where the individual arranges the numbers themselves. After confirming through computer retrieval that the selected plate number has not been used, it is determined as the vehicle's plate number. The plate is then produced on-site by the public security traffic management department and issued immediately.

Plate number combinations include:

• 3 English letters - 3 Arabic numerals
• 3 Arabic numerals - 3 English letters
• 3 Arabic numerals - 3 Arabic numerals

Due to controversies arising from the combination of letters and numbers on this standard plate, starting from August 22, 2002, the transportation authorities stopped issuing the 2002 standard plates citing "technical reasons."

Codes of Vehicle Registration Authorities in Various Regions

Beijing (京)

A two-wheeled motorcycle with a Beijing B license plate and a three-wheeled motorcycle with a Beijing A license plate

Blue license plates in Beijing

Black license plates in Beijing, with the last digit not captured in the photograph, are no longer issued

Automobiles

• A Government agencies' vehicles, vehicles used by wholly foreign-owned enterprise, buses, and new energy vehicles
• B Taxi
• C/E/F/H/J/K/L/M/N/P/Q Urban area
• D Police vehicles
• G/Y Suburban areas
• R/S/T/U/W/X/Z Temporary license plates

Motorcycles

• A Urban motorcycles
• B Suburban motorcycles
• C Special-purpose motorcycles for certain industries

Tianjin (津)

• A Bus, police vehicles, new energy vehicles
• B/C/D/F/G/H/J/K/L/M/N/Q/R Tianjin City
• E Taxi

Hebei (冀)

• A Shijiazhuang
• B Tangshan
• C Qinhuangdao
• D Handan
• E Xingtai
• F Baoding
• G Zhangjiakou
• H Chengde
• J Cangzhou
• R Langfang
• T Hengshui
• X Xiong'an

Shanxi (晋)

• A Taiyuan
• B Datong
• C Yangquan
• D Changzhi
• E Jincheng
• F Shuozhou
• H Xinzhou
• J Lvliang
• K Jinzhong
• L Linfen
• M Yuncheng
• N Foreign use
• O Police use

Inner Mongolia (蒙)

• A Hohhot
• B Baotou
• C Wuhai
• D Chifeng
• E Hulunbuir
• F Hinggan League
• G Tongliao
• H Xilin Gol League
• J Ulanqab
• K Ordos
• L Bayannur
• M Alxa League
• O Police use

Liaoning (辽)

• A Shenyang
• B Dalian
• C Anshan
• D Fushun
• E Benxi
• F Dandong
• G Jinzhou
• H Yingkou
• J Fuxin
• K Liaoyang
• L Panjin
• M Tieling
• N Chaoyang
• P Huludao
• V Provincial Direct System

Jilin (吉)

• A Changchun
• B Jilin
• C Siping
• D Liaoyuan
• E Tonghua
• F Baishan
• G Baicheng
• H Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
• J Songyuan
• K Changbai Mountain Protection and Development Zone

Heilongjiang (黑)

• A Harbin
• B Qiqihar
• C Mudanjiang
• D Jiamusi
• E Daqing
• F Yichun
• G Jixi
• H Hegang
• J Shuangyashan
• K Qitaihe
• M Suihua
• N Heihe
• P Daxing'anling Prefecture
• R Beidahuang Group of State Farms and Land Reclamation

Shanghai (沪)

See also: [[:Shanghai Motor Vehicle License Plate Management System]]

Vehicles like the BYD Qin, which bear the 沪A new energy license plates in Shanghai, can be obtained without the need for bidding

The Audi A8 with a 沪C license plate in Shanghai faces certain restrictions when driving into the urban areas of the city

A BMW motorcycle with a 沪A license plate in Shanghai

Automobiles

• A/B/D/E/F/G/H/J/K/L/M/N Urban area
• C Suburban area

Motorcycles

• A/B Urban area
• C/D/E Suburban area
• 沪CR、沪DR、沪ER: Motorcycle license plates for Chongming Island, Changxing Island, and Hengsha Island. Vehicles with these plates are not allowed to enter areas other than the three islands mentioned above. They are commonly known as "Island Plates".

Jiangsu (苏)

A BYD K9 electric bus with a special new energy license plate from Nanjing City

A Suzhou Jinlong Higer minibus with a special new energy license plate from Suzhou City

• A Nanjing
• B Wuxi
• C Xuzhou
• D Changzhou
• E/U Suzhou
• F Nantong
• G Lianyungang
• H Huai'an
• J Yancheng
• K Yangzhou
• L Zhenjiang
• M Taizhou
• N Suqian

Zhejiang (浙)

• A/M Hangzhou
• B Ningbo
• C Wenzhou
• D Shaoxing
• E Huzhou
• F Jiaxing
• G Jinhua
• H Quzhou
• J Taizhou
• K Lishui
• L Zhoushan

Anhui (皖)

A BYD K8 bus with a public transportation license plate from Bengbu City

A Changan CM8 vehicle with a license plate from Suzhou

• A Hefei
• B Wuhu
• C Bengbu
• D Huainan
• E Ma'anshan
• F Huaibei
• G Tongling
• H Anqing
• J Huangshan
• K Fuyang
• L Suzhou, Anhui
• M Chuzhou
• N Lu'an
• P Xuancheng
• Q Chaohu
• R Chizhou
• S Bozhou

Fujian (闽)

A Jinlv XML6805JEVY0C1 pure electric urban bus with a special new energy license plate from Quanzhou

• A Fuzhou
• B Putian
• C Quanzhou
• D Xiamen
• E Zhangzhou
• F Longyan
• G Sanming
• H Nanping
• J Ningde
• K Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone
• O Police Use

Jiangxi (赣)

• A/M Nanchang
• B Ganzhou
• C Yichun
• D Ji'an
• E Shangrao
• F Fuzhou
• G Jiujiang
• H Jingdezhen
• J Pingxiang
• K Xinyu
• L Yingtan
• O High-speed Traffic Police

Shandong (鲁)

• A/S Jinan
• B/U Qingdao
• C Zibo
• D Zaozhuang
• E Dongying
• F/Y Yantai
• G/V Weifang
• H Jining
• J Taian
• K Weihai
• L Rizhao
• M Binzhou
• N Dezhou
• P Liaocheng
• Q/W Linyi
• R Heze

Henan (豫)

• A/V Zhengzhou
• B Kaifeng
• C Luoyang
• D Pingdingshan
• E Anyang
• F Hebi
• G Xinxiang
• H Jiaozuo
• J Puyang
• K Xuchang
• L Luohe
• M Sanmenxia
• N Shangqiu
• P Zhoukou
• Q Zhumadian
• R Nanyang
• S Xinyang
• U Jiyuan

Hubei (鄂)

• A /W Wuhan
• B Huangshi
• C Shiyan
• D Jingzhou
• E Yichang
• F Xiangyang
• G Ezhou
• H Jingmen
• J Huanggang
• K Xiaogan
• L Xianning
• M Xiantao
• N Qianjiang
• O Police Use
• P Shennongjia
• Q Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
• R Tianmen
• S Suizhou

Hunan (湘)

• A Changsha
• B Zhuzhou
• C Xiangtan
• D Hengyang
• E Shaoyang
• F Yueyang
• G Zhangjiajie
• H Yiyang
• J Changde
• K Loudi
• L Chenzhou
• M Yongzhou
• N Huaihua
• S Provincial Direct Administration
• U Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

Guangdong (粤)

Guangdong (粵) vehicle number plate licensing authority code

The vehicle license plates in Zhuhai City

All vehicles entering mainland China from Hong Kong (excluding those under the Hong Kong vehicle Northbound Scheme)

All vehicles entering mainland China from Macau (excluding those under the Macau vehicle Northbound Scheme and the Hengqin single plate scheme)

• A Guangzhou
• B Shenzhen
• C Zhuhai
• D Shantou
• E Foshan
• F Shaoguan
• G Zhanjiang
• H Zhaoqing
• J Jiangmen
• K Maoming
• L Huizhou
• M Meizhou
• N Shanwei
• O Provincial Direct Administration
• P Heyuan
• Q Yangjiang
• R Qingyuan
• S Dongguan
• T Zhongshan
• U Chaozhou
• V Jieyang
• W Yunfu
• X Foshan, Shunde District
• YFoshan, Nanhai District
• Z Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region

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  Buses in Shenzhen with special new energy license plates
• 
  A MG5 with a 粤Y license plate from Nanhai District, Foshan City. These plates are no longer issued
• 
  A police car with a 粤O license plate, photographed in Zhongshan
• 
  A Mercedes-Benz civilian vehicle with a 粤Z澳 license plate, photographed in Dongguan City

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (桂)

• A Nanning
• B Liuzhou
• C/H Guilin
• D Wuzhou
• E Beihai
• F Chongzuo
• G Laibin
• J Hezhou
• K Yulin, Guangxi
• L Baise
• M Hechi
• N Qinzhou
• O Police Use
• P Fangchenggang
• R Guigang

Hainan (琼)

• A Haikou
• B Sanya

C Qiongbei Vehicle Management Office

• C1/CB Qionghai
• C3 Ding'an County
• C4 Tunchang County
• C5 Chengmai County
• C6 Lingshui County
• C7 Wenchang
• C8 Wanning
• CF Wenchang
• CXS Sansha

D Qiongnan Vehicle Management Office

• D0 Wuzhishan
• D1 Lingshui
• D2 Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County
• D3 Qiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous County
• D4 Baisha Li Autonomous County
• D5 Changjiang Li Autonomous County
• D6 Dongfang
• D7 Ledong Li Autonomous County
• E Yangpu Economic Development Zone
• F Danzhou
• O Police Use

Chongqing (渝)

Starting from May 18, 2017, Chongqing implemented a new online appointment service for selecting vehicle license plate numbers. Vehicle owners can now choose license plate numbers from any series labeled A to H across the entire city, without being restricted to specific districts:

• A/B/C/D/F/G/H Chongqing

Sichuan (川)

• A/G Chengdu
• B Mianyang
• C Zigong
• D Panzhihua
• E Luzhou
• F Deyang
• H Guangyuan
• J Suining
• K Neijiang
• L Leshan
• M Ziyang
• O Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department Vehicle Management Office
• Q Yibin
• R Nanchong
• S Dazhou
• T Ya'an
• U Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
• V Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
• W Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
• X Guang'an
• Y Bazhong
• Z Meishan

Guizhou (贵)

• A Guiyang
• B Liupanshui
• C Zunyi
• D Tongren
• E Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
• F Bijie
• G Anshun
• H Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture
• J Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

Yunnan (云)

• A Kunming
• C Zhaotong
• D Qujing
• E Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture
• F Yuxi
• G Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture
• H Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
• J Puer
• K Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture
• L Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture
• M Baoshan
• N Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture
• O Public Security
• P Lijiang
• Q Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture
• R Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
• S Lincang

Tibet Autonomous Region (藏)

Jinbei Gereis with Lhasa license plate

• A Lhasa
• B Qamdo
• C Shannan
• D Shigatse
• E Nagqu
• F Ngari Prefecture
• G Nyingchi

Shaanxi (陕)

Taxi with Xi'an license plate

A/U Xi'an, including Xixian New Area

• B Tongchuan
• C Baoji
• D Xianyang
• E Weinan
• F Hanzhong
• G Ankang
• H Shangluo
• J Yan'an
• K Yulin
• V Yangling Agricultural Hi-tech Industries Demonstration Zone

Gansu (甘)

• A Lanzhou
• B Jiayuguan
• C Jinchang
• D Baiyin
• E Tianshui
• F Jiuquan
• G Zhangye
• H Wuwei
• J Dingxi
• K Longnan
• L Pingliang
• M Qingyang
• N Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture
• P Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Qinghai (青)

Haidong City license plate

• A/O Xining
• B Haidong
• C Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
• D Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
• E Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
• F Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
• G Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
• H Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁)

• A Yinchuan
• B Shizuishan
• C Wuzhong
• D Guyuan
• E Zhongwei

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新)

Toyota Vios with Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture license plate

• A Ürümqi
• B Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Wujiaqu
• C Shihezi
• D Kuytun, Huyanghe
• E Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Shuanghe
• F Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (excluding Tacheng Prefecture, Altay Prefecture, and Kuytun), Kokdala
• G Tacheng Prefecture, Baiyang
• H Altay Prefecture, Beitun
• J Karamay
• K Turpan
• L Hami, Xinhe
• M Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Tiemenguan
• N Aksu Prefecture, Aral
• O Public Security
• P Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture
• Q Kashgar Prefecture (excluding Yecheng County), Tumxuk
• R Hotan Prefecture, Yecheng County
• S Kunyu

See also

• Vehicle registration plates of China