Can I Buy a Car Without Obtaining a Vehicle Purchase Quota First?

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You cannot buy a car without obtaining a vehicle purchase quota first. If you purchase a vehicle without the quota, you will be unable to license the car, drive it legally on the road, or register it. If you obtain a vehicle purchase quota, log in to the lottery system, download and print the "Confirmation Notice of Personal Passenger Vehicle Allocation Quota." Within six months, purchase the vehicle, pay the vehicle purchase tax, and complete the vehicle registration. If your valid application code does not secure a quota, it will be retained for three months and automatically carried over to the next month's allocation. Eligibility criteria for applying for a motor vehicle quota: local residents; non-local residents holding a valid local residence permit and having paid local basic medical insurance (excluding back payments) continuously for at least two years; Hong Kong, Macau residents, and overseas Chinese who have lived locally for at least nine months annually over the past two years; individuals who do not own a locally registered car or whose locally registered cars have all been deregistered.