GA 36-2018License plates of motor vehicles of the P. R. China (English PDF)

3.1 License plate of motor vehicle

A statutory sign that permits a motor vehicle to travel on a road within the territory of the People��s Republic of China, the number of which is the motor vehicle��s registration number.

3.2 Registration number of motor vehicle

The number assigned to the motor vehicle according to the rules when handling the motor vehicle registration business. The motor vehicle��s registration number includes. the abbreviation of the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government represented by

Chinese characters, the licensing authority��s code represented by English letters, the serial number consisting of Arabic numerals and English letters, the abbreviation of the special license plate represented by Chinese characters.

3.3 Semi-manufactured license plate of motor vehicle

Process product for making the metal substrate for the license plate of motor vehicle, but not stamped of the motor vehicle��s registration number.

4.1 Classification, specification, color, scope of application of license

plates for motor vehicles

The classification, specification, color, scope of application of license plates of motor vehicle (hereinafter referred to as license plates) are as shown in Table 1.

4.2 Substrate of license plate

4.2.1 The substrate of license plate of large vehicle, license plate of trailer, license plate of large new energy vehicle, license plate of small vehicle, license plate of small new energy vehicle, license plate of embassy vehicle, license plate of consular vehicle, license plate of Hong Kong & Macao entry-exit vehicle, license plate of training vehicle, license plate of police vehicle, license plate of common motorcycle, license plate of moped, license plate of embassy motorcycle, license plate of consular motorcycle, license plate of training motorcycle, license plate of police motorcycle, license plate of low-speed vehicle, license plate of tractor plate base is metal.

4.2.2 The substrate of the temporary driving license plate, the license plate of

temporary entry vehicle, the license plate of temporary entry motorcycle is paper.

5.1 License plate with profile size of 440 mm x 140 mm

5.1.1 Applicable to front license plate of large vehicle, license plate of

small vehicle, license plate of Hong Kong & Macao entry-exit vehicle, license plate of training vehicle

5.1.2 Applicable to rear license plate of embassy vehicle

The pattern of license plate is as shown in Figure 2.

5.1.3 Applicable to rear license plate of consular vehicle

The pattern of license plate is as shown in Figure 3.

5.1.4 Applicable to license plate of police vehicle

The pattern of the police vehicle's front license plate is as shown in Figure 4, the pattern of the rear license plate is as shown in Figure 5.

5.2 License plate with profile size of 440 mm x 220 mm

It is applicable to the rear license plate of large vehicle as well as the license plate of trailer. The pattern of the license plate is as shown in Figure 6.

5.3 License plate with profile size of 480 mm x 140 mm

5.3.1 Applicable to license plate of small new energy vehicle, front license

plate of large new energy vehicle

5.6 License plate with profile size of 88 mm x 60 mm

It is applicable to the license plate of the temporary entry motorcycles. The front pattern and the back pattern of the license plate of the temporary entry motorcycles driving within the region are as shown in Figure 20.The front pattern and the back pattern of the license plate of the temporary entry motorcycles driving across the region are as shown in Figure 21.

5.8 Code of licensing authority

5.8.1 The licensing authority, that is, the vehicle registration authority, is the traffic administrative department of the public security department and bureau of the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government, as well as the public security bureau and office of the local, municipal, prefecture, coalition. The code of license authority is as shown in

Appendix A.

5.8.2 The traffic administrative department of the public security organ of the

municipalities directly under the Central Government shall use the code of licensing authority code from A to Z. It shall activate the new code of licensing authority in alphabetical order. But before use, it shall be reported to the Traffic

Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security for registration 30 days in advance.

5.9 Serial number

5.9.1 Number of digits, encoding rules, applicable types of license plate

The serial number, encoding rules, applicable types of license plate are as shown in Table 3.

6.1 Materials

6.1.1 Substrate

6.1.2 Surface material

The surface of the metal license plate shall use a reflective film that meets the requirements of GA 666.The unified abbreviation marking of the Chinese characters of province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government or the dedicated marking of the license plate of the new energy vehicle shall be pre-printed on the inner layer of the reflective film. The content and pattern of the marking shall be consistent with the registered content and pattern.

6.2 Characters and secret marks

6.2.1 Metal license plate

The characters and blank characters of the license plate shall be stamped by a nationally unified anti-counterfeiting mold, the characters shall be consistent with the blank characters. The abbreviations of Chinese characters of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government as well as the letters of the licensing authority shall be surrounded by the secret marks which represent the manufacturing organization of license plate. The secret marks are formed by stamping. The location shall be consistent with the pattern.

6.3 Production sequence markings of metal license plate

6.3.1 Basic requirements

The metal license plate shall have a unique production sequence marking on each side. Except that the marking for the license plate of the Hong Kong &

Macao entry-exit vehicles, the license plate of the embassy vehicle, the license plate of consular vehicle, the license plate of the embassy motorcycle, the license plate of the consular motorcycle is one the back side, the marking for the other license plate is on the front side. The production sequence marking shall be legible.

6.3.2 Content

6.3.2.1 Composition

The production sequence marking consists of a production serial number, a check code, a two-dimensional barcode.

6.3.2.2 Production serial number

6.4 Production sequence marking of paper license plate

6.4.1 Basic requirements

The back side of each paper license plate shall be pre-printed with a unique production sequence marking. The production sequence mark shall be clear and complete.

6.4.2 Content

The production sequence marking is an 8-digit number, which is the sequence number, from 00000001 to 99999999.The production sequence marking of the license plate of temporary driving vehicle as well as the production sequence marking of the temporary entry vehicle are represented by Arabic numerals and one-dimensional barcode. The production sequence marking of the license plate of temporary entry motorcycle is represented by Arabic numerals.

6.4.3 Preprinted zone

6.4.3.1 License plate with profile size of 220 mm x 140 mm

It is applicable to the license plate of temporary driving vehicles and the license plates of temporary entry vehicles. The maximum preprinted zone of the production sequence marking is 70 mm x 23 mm. The preprinted zone is as shown in Figure 30.

6.4.3.2 License plate with profile size of 88 mm x 60 mm

It is applicable to the license plate of temporary entry motorcycle. The maximum preprinted zone of the production sequence marking is 22 mm x 5 mm. The preprinted zone is as shown in Figure 31.

6.6 Appearance

6.6.1 Metal license plate

The appearance requirements for metal license plates are as follows.

7.1 Testing of materials

7.1.1 Aluminum material

7.1.1.1 Test the general requirements for testing aluminum materials in

accordance with the requirements of GB/T 3880.1.

7.1.2 Special watermark paper

Use the viewer to check the watermark.

7.1.3 Offset printing paper

Follow the requirements of QB/T 1012 for testing and quantitation.

7.1.4 Reflective film

In the daytime environment with an illuminance greater than 150 lx, visually check the abbreviations of Chinese characters of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government or the dedicated markings for new energy vehicles.

7.2 Inspection of character and secret mark

7.2.1 Characters

In a daytime environment with an illuminance greater than 150 lx, collect the character image on the front side of the license plate, carry out superimposed comparison with the standard character image.

7.2.2 Secret mark

7.3 Inspection of production sequence marking

7.3.1 In a daytime environment with an illuminance greater than 150 lx, visually

check the production sequence marking.

7.3.2 Use a dedicated barcode device to check the readability of barcode.

7.3.3 Use a standard transparent positioning test film to check the etched zone

and the preprinted zone of the license plates of large new energy vehicle and the license plates of small new energy vehicle.

7.4 Sinusoidal inspection

Use a standard transparent positioning test film to check the positioning of the sinusoids on the license plates of large new energy vehicle and the license plates of small new energy vehicle.

7.5 Visual inspection

7.5.1 Metal license plate

In the daytime environment where the illuminance is greater than 150 lx, visually check the license plate at a point 0.5 m from the surface of the license plate.

Rotate the license plate at a small angle by the use of any side of the license plate as axis, to observe the code and characters of administrative division of the province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the Central

Government or the sinusoid.

7.5.2 Paper license plate

7.13 Test of resistance to salt water corrosion

Place the metal license plate in the sodium chloride solution which has a concentration of (5 �� 1)% (mass%) at room temperature for 48 hours, remove and dry it, place it for 1 h, then check the license plate and record the test results.

7.14 Weather resistance test

8.1 Classification of inspections

The inspection of the license plate is divided into type inspection, exit-factory inspection, supervisory inspection.

8.2 Type inspection

8.2.1 Conditions for type inspection

Type inspection is carried out in the following cases.

8.2.2 Inspection items, methods, judgments of metal license plates

8.3 Exit-factory inspection

Each batch of product shall be subjected to 100% exit-factory inspection. The exit-factory inspection shall be carried out by the quality inspection department of the production organization in accordance with this standard. The exit-factory inspection items of license plate shall at least include character and secret mark, production sequence marking, appearance inspection. The exit-factory inspection items of semi-finished products shall include at least the production sequence marking and appearance inspection.

8.4 Supervisory inspection

8.4.1 Metal license plate

After the normal production of the metal license plate or the semi-finished license plate, the inspection shall be carried out once every 2 years in case of continuous production. The inspection items shall include all other inspection items than the weathering resistance test. The inspection shall be carried out once every 4 years in case of continuous production according to all the type inspection items.

8.4.2 Paper license plate

After the normal production of the paper license plate, the inspection shall be carried out semi-annually. The inspection items shall include all type inspection items.

9.1 Requirements for markings

The markings shall satisfy.

9.2 Packaging requirements

9.2.1 Semi-finished products

Packaging shall meet.

9.2.2 License plate

Packaging shall meet.

9.3 Transport requirements

During transport, it shall use the rain and moisture protection measures.

9.4 Storage requirements

The product shall be stored in a warehouse with a temperature below 30 ��C and a relative humidity of no more than 60%, away from heat sources.

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