# China license plate: Large car

> The China large car license plate: format L99999, for example X36487, 1992 to today, truck and bus. 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, Large car (1992 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/cn/cn-large-car-1992/china-license-plate-large-car.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L99999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1992 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | truck, bus |
| Plate size | 440 × 140 mm |
| Other sizes | 440 × 220 mm: the two-line rear plate |
| Colours | background #FFD500; characters #000000; border #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | yes |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `cn-large-car-1992` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/large-car-1992) |

Same two-character decode as the blue plate — province character, then issuing-office letter. The yellow ground adds the only extra fact, and it is size class, not commercial use: a privately owned medium bus is yellow, and so is a trolleybus.

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)
- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20161122160811/http://www.mps.gov.cn/n2254098/n4904352/c5550094/content.html)

## About this plate

The yellow plate: medium and larger passenger and goods vehicles and special operating vehicles, semi-trailer tractors, and TROLLEYBUSES (电车, named in the table's scope column and easy to miss). Same registration-number grammar as the small-car plate; different colour and a taller rear plate. Note the scope boundary is the vehicle SIZE CLASS, not commercial use: a privately owned medium bus is yellow-plated.

## Other standard plates here

- [HK/Macau cross-border](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/hkmacau-crossborder-2007) (documented since 2007)
- [Driving school car](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/driving-school-car-1992) (1992 to today)
- [Small car](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/small-car-1992) (1992 to today)

## Use it

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

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