China, officially the People’s Republic of
shanghai license plate rules vehicles licence plates (Chinese; pinyin: pái zhào) at its Vehicle
Management Offices, under the administration of the Ministry of Public
Security.
Hong Kong and Macau, both of which are Special Administrative Regions, issue their own licence plates, a legacy of when they were
under British and Portuguese administration. Vehicles from Hong Kong and
Macau are required to apply for licence plates, usually from Guangdong,
to travel on roads in Mainland China. Vehicles from Mainland China have
to apply for Hong Kong or Macau licence plates to enter those
territories. Taiwan, on the other hand, also has plates administered by
the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MoTC) in the Republic
of China.
The number of registered cars, buses, vans, and trucks on the road in China reached 62 million in 2009, and is expected to exceed 200 million
by 2020.[1]
The font used on the plates were said to be modified from the East Asian gothic typeface, but speculations exist as the numbers and letters
somewhat bear similarity with the German fontNote: Chongqing was
separated from Sichuan as a directly-administered city in 1997, and the
1986-series standard was abolished in 1997 as well, therefore Public
security vehicles in Chongqing bear the Sichuan code of GA51, instead of
the later-introduced GA50.
