Motor Vehicle Driving License

The Motor Vehicle Driving License (simplified Chinese: 机动车驾驶证; traditional Chinese: 機動車駕駛證; pinyin: Jīdòngchē Jiàshǐzhèng) is the legal driving license within China excluding the two special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). In these two territories separate driving license must be obtained from their respective traffic authorities. It is issued, ratified and regularly inspected by the traffic administrative department of the public security organ.[1] Minimum age varies from 18 (for cars) all the way up to 26 (for large buses) in the country. Learner's licenses, although granted, have little effect, as most training takes place within the confines of specially-designed training areas inaccessible, on paper, to the general motoring public. Previously, expressways were inaccessible even for holders of a normal driver's license if they did not possess the license for a full year; however, such a regulation has now been invalidated. Drivers with licenses less than a year old, however, are still considered "intern drivers" or "new drivers" (Chinese: 实习司机; pinyin: shíxí siji), and certain limitations apply to them (for example, they must display a uniform label on the car when they are driving). The PRC considers the driving license, under a new law, an administrative license (Chinese: 行政许可; pinyin: xíngzhèng xuke).

Some areas do not issue motorcycle licenses or three-wheeler licenses any more. This promotes driving without a license, a fake license or an illegally purchased license.

Types of license

TypeNameChineseOther categories includedIntl. Eqs.
A1
Heavy passenger vehicles大型客車A3, B1, B2, C1, C2, C3, C4, M
D
A2
Tractors牽引車B1, B2, C1, C2, C3, C4, M
E
A3
City buses城市公交車C1, C2, C3, C4
D
B1
Middle passenger vehicles中型客車C1, C2, C3, C4, M
D1
B2
Heavy goods vehicles大型貨車C1, C2, C3, C4, M
C
C1
Light motor vehicle, camper小型汽車C2, C3, C4
B
C2
Automatic transmission light motor vehicle小型自動檔汽車
C3
Low-speed goods vehicle低速載貨汽車C4
C4
Three-wheel motor vehicles三輪汽車
B1
D
Ordinary three-wheel motorcycles普通三輪摩托車E, F
E
Ordinary two-wheel motorcycles普通二輪摩托車F
A
F
Light motorcycles輕便摩托車
A1
M
Wheel type automobiles輪式自行機械車
N/A
N
Trolleybuses無軌電車
P
Trams有軌電車

Note: A Class C5 license has been introduced for 残疾人专用小型自动挡载客汽车 (small passenger cars with automatic transmission for people with disabilities).

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