Article 1: these rules are formulated in order to strengthen the registration management of the trial "two OO two" motor vehicle number plates (hereinafter referred to as the number plates), ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of road traffic law enforcement, and facilitate the masses to choose the motor vehicle number plates that reflect their individual wishes.
Article 2: these rules apply to the license plates of large cars, small cars, motorcycles and mopeds. Specify the arrangement mode, character types, digits and combination mode of number plate numbers.
Article 3 the number plate of a motor vehicle consists of the code of the motor vehicle registration authority and the number plate number.
The number plate of automobile is in the structure of upper and lower rows. The upper row is the code of motor vehicle registration authority and the lower row is the number plate number; The number plate of motorcycles is a left-right structure, with the code of motor vehicle registration authority on the left and the number plate number on the right.
Article 4: the number of characters of the code of the motor vehicle registration authority is 2, which is composed of Chinese characters and English letters respectively. The Chinese character is the abbreviation of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, and the English letter is the code of vehicle management office. The motor vehicle registration authority code of the vehicle number plate number is located in the middle above the number plate, and the Chinese characters and English letters are arranged horizontally; The motor vehicle registration authority code of the motorcycle number plate is located on the left side of the number plate, and the Chinese characters and English letters are arranged vertically.
Article 5: the number of characters of the number plate is 5 digits, which is composed of Arabic numerals or Arabic numerals and English letters. There are 10 Arabic numerals from 0 to 9 and 24 English letters from a to Z.
Article 6: the numbering characters of automobile number plates are in a three digit plus three digit structure, arranged in a horizontal single line, and separated by "●" and "━" in the middle“ ● "refers to the front plate and" ━ "refers to the rear plate. The number characters of motorcycle license plate are arranged in a horizontal single line.
Article 7: the independent arrangement and combination of the number plate number characters can be divided into the following three types, which is a three digit plus three digit structure and shall not be absent:
(1) 3-digit English letters and 3-digit Arabic numerals, such as ABC ● 123;
(2) 3 Arabic numerals and 3 English letters, such as 123 ● ABC;
(3) 3-digit Arabic numerals and 3-digit Arabic numerals, such as 123 ● 456.
Article 8: the same license plate resource database and the same number sequence shall be used for the four license plates of large cars, small cars, motorcycles and mopeds.
Article 9: three identical English letters or three identical Arabic numerals shall not be used in the number plate. Such as AAA, 111.
In addition to today's optional personalized license plates, the 92 type motor vehicle license plate [2] currently used consists of Chinese and English letter licensing authority codes and five digit numbers. For example, "Su a-12345" and "Su" represent Jiangsu Province. A is the license code issued by the vehicle management office of Nanjing Public Security Bureau, which means that the vehicle is licensed by the vehicle management office of Nanjing Public Security Bureau. The last five digits are serial numbers.
For non optional personalized license plates, in principle, the five digit serial number will be issued in numerical order from 00000 (starting from 00001 in some areas, not specifically described below) to 99999. If it exceeds this number, the English letter will be used as the initial, from a0000 to a9999, then b0000 to b9999, and so on to Z9999. If the 2.6 million numbers are full again, there are two ways to continue numbering. One is to put the English letters in the second place, from 0a000 to 0a999, then from 1a000 to 1a999, and so on to 9z999. The second is that the first two digits use English letters, from aa000 to aa999, then to ab000-ab999, and so on. After az999, start ba000-ba999 and bb000-bb999, and extend all the way to zz999. If the number is still full, then use English letters in the third digit, such as Hangzhou, from 00a00 to 99z99. Then put the fourth and fifth place in English, or continue to be arranged according to one or three letters, one or four letters, etc. (Guangzhou has recently ranked two or three letters).
This is a general rule, but most regions do not number according to this completely extended rule. This gives rise to the concept of "number segment". In the five digit number, each first digit or letter represents a number segment of 10000. In principle, the license plate of China is that each prefecture level administrative division occupies a licensing code, but each prefecture level administrative division of China is divided into different districts, counties and cities. In order to distinguish the license plate, different number segments are adopted. In addition, it is a common practice in many places to reserve small numbers with the smallest 0 prefix of less than 1000 or less than 2000 for local government agencies. Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Guangdong even reserve all numbers with 0 prefix (or 1 prefix) as numbers for government agencies. In addition, taxis in many cities have special initials. Most of them use the English letter T. the first letter of taxi is also used in many areas, such as 8 and 9. The two lakes first use x, and then add T when the number resources are insufficient.
To illustrate the above problems, take Hangzhou as an example, "zhe a" is the license code issued by the vehicle management office of Hangzhou Public Security Bureau. After this code, the number field starting from 0 in the first place is the motor vehicle number plate in the urban area. When the license plate was changed in 1994, the current number of motor vehicles was seriously underestimated. Therefore, it was considered that the distribution of 0-9 prefix to urban motor vehicles was sufficient. At that time, the number of newly licensed vehicles was after 60000, and the arrangement of old vehicles for new license plates began from 0 prefix. At that time, there were not many private motor vehicles, and the number of 9 prefix on private cars was also stipulated, In other words, there is only a capacity of 10000 numbers. In addition, taxis in Hangzhou are assigned with the prefix t. Each of the subordinate counties and cities has only one English prefix segment, which is also the capacity of 10000 numbers. A starts with Yuhang City, B is Lin'an City, C is Fuyang City, D is Tonglu County, e is Jiande City, f is Chun'an County and G is Xiaoshan City. A few years later, the number initials in the urban area were enough, and the number resources of some counties and cities under its jurisdiction began to be tight. Anyway, there were 26 English letters that could be used. If they were not enough, they were added first to Yuhang and then to Xiaoshan. Later, they were added more and more. Up to now, Yuhang District (changed to district) has six initials a, h, J, Q, s and u, and Lin'an City is B, N and r, Fuyang City is C, K and W, Tonglu County is D and y, Jiande City is e and X, Chun'an county is almost, or there is only one f prefix, and Xiaoshan district is g, l, m, P and V. W and Z are reserved for counties with few initials. In a few years, the number resources in Hangzhou were not enough. The rules of private cars with the prefix of 9 had been cancelled long ago, and the public and private were mixed. However, the English letters have been allocated or reserved for the counties and cities under its jurisdiction, so the urban area has to continue the number prefix, but the second is the English letter, which is from Zhejiang a-0a001 to Zhejiang a-0z999. In recent years, the number of motor vehicles in Hangzhou has increased too fast. In three years, such numbers have been arranged, Therefore, Hangzhou was the first car number plate with English letters in the third place in the country the year before, and it is now being issued. In the counties and cities under the jurisdiction, even the number of the first English letter in the developed points has been used up. On the premise of maintaining the first number or the original assigned English letters, we began to arrange the numbers with the first two English letters. For example, Xiaoshan began to have numbers such as ga123, lv456 and MM520.