# China license plate: Temporary travel

> The China temporary travel license plate: format L99999, for example P74035, 1992 to today, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped, trailer, and machine.

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

![China license plate, Temporary travel (1992 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/cn/cn-temporary-travel-1992/china-license-plate-temporary-travel.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L99999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1992 → today |
| Class | temporary |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped, trailer, machine |
| Plate size | 220 × 140 mm |
| Colours | background #CFE4F5; characters #000000; border #000000 |
| 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-temporary-travel-1992` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/temporary-travel-1992) |

The domestic paper permit adds an optional final character with real meaning: 试 marks a test vehicle, 超 an over-dimension or over-mass load; ordinary temporary plates carry neither. Two ground tints split single-area from cross-area travel, as on the entry plates.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `试` | 试 — "to test" | test vehicle's temporary plate |
| `超` | 超 — "to exceed" | over-dimension / over-mass special 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/content/2022/content_5682413.htm)

## About this plate

The domestic temporary-travel plate: a printed card, one per vehicle, behind the windscreen. It is the only Chinese class whose colours are NUMBERED in a public standard, because paper printing is specified against GB/T 3181-1995 rather than against the withheld retroreflective-film standard, which is why its two hexes are the only ones in this file with a named colour designation behind them. GA 36-2007's 前言 records that this edition MODIFIED the temporary plate's 式样, so the 2007 description is not necessarily the 1992 one and certainly not necessarily the 2018 one.

## How long it is valid

note: Set by rule, not by standard. 《机动车登记规定》(公安部令第164号) 第四十七条: 30 days for an unsold vehicle, a newly acquired but unregistered vehicle, or a new vehicle for export sale; SIX MONTHS for research and type testing; 90 days for the over-dimension special vehicles that cannot be registered at all; and 15 days where the plate itself cannot be made in time. No more than three temporary plates for the first two cases, one for the export case; never longer than the compulsory insurance; and void three days after the permanent plates arrive. 第四十八条 adds a separate temporary plate for intelligent connected vehicle road testing and demonstration, matching the test permit and capped at six months.

## Other temporary plates here

- [Temporary entry car](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/temporary-entry-car-1992) (1992 to today)
- [Temporary entry motorcycle](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/china/temporary-entry-motorcycle-1992) (1992 to today)

## Use it

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

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