# China license plate: Police car

> The China police car license plate: format L9999, for example U8269, 2007 to today, car, van, 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, Police car (2007 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/cn/cn-police-car-2007/china-license-plate-police-car.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2007 → today |
| Class | police |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 440 × 140 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; border #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | yes |
| 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-police-car-2007` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/police-car-2007) |

The red 警 — 警车, police vehicle — closes the serial, but the front of the number does not decode like a civil plate: police plates are issued by each provincial department, not by city offices, so the office letter is not the city key it usually is.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `警` | 警车 | police vehicle |

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)
- [gov.cn](https://www.gov.cn/gongbao/2026/issue_12586/202602/content_7059934.html)

## Other police plates here

- [Police motorcycle](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/police-motorcycle-2007) (2007 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/cn/cn-police-car-2007.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/china?series=cn-police-car-2007
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/cn` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "cn-police-car-2007"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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