# China license plate: Embassy car

> The China embassy car license plate: format 999999, for example 915275, documented since 1992, car and van. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [China license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china) (22 registration series).

![China license plate, Embassy car (documented since 1992)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/cn/cn-embassy-car-1992/china-license-plate-embassy-car.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1992 → today (documented from 1992; the format is likely older) |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, van |
| Plate size | 440 × 140 mm |
| Colours | background #000000; characters #FFFFFF; border #FFFFFF |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `cn-embassy-car-1992` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/embassy-car-1992) |

The red 使 — 使馆, embassy — is the one certainty; uniquely for a Chinese plate, no province character appears. The popular reading of the digits as a country code plus serial has no published source, so we do not repeat it.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `使` | 使馆 | embassy |

Sources:

- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20150701102419/http://www.hngy.gov.cn/sitepublish/site1/wsbs/lyfwzl/jtfw/jdc/jdcfw/content_25106.html)

## About this plate

Embassy cars. Black ground, white characters, a RED 使, white keyline, 440x140, two plates. Everything in the previous sentence is sourced; the SERIAL GRAMMAR IS NOT.

## Region code notes

No province character and no issuing-office letter, an embassy plate encodes no Chinese geography at all.

## Other diplomatic plates here

- [Embassy motorcycle](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/embassy-motorcycle-1992) (documented since 1992)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/cn/cn-embassy-car-1992.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/china?series=cn-embassy-car-1992
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/cn` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "cn-embassy-car-1992"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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