Has the O License Plate Been Canceled Nationwide?

[AllisonLee]

According to preliminary statistics, among the 31 provinces in China, 22 have canceled or announced the cancellation of the "O" license plate, 5 provinces have changed the "O" license plate to be exclusively for public security use or converted it to ordinary civilian license plates, and there are still 4 provinces that have not canceled or changed it. Here are the specific details about the O license plate: 1. Treatment by provinces: The provinces that have canceled or announced the cancellation of the "O" license plate include Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Ningxia, Beijing, Chongqing, Zhejiang, Hunan, Shaanxi, Henan, Qinghai, Tianjin, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jilin, Hubei, Guizhou, Hebei, Liaoning, Jiangxi, Hainan, Tibet, etc., totaling 22 provinces; Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Xinjiang, and Shanxi still use the "O" license plate as police official vehicle license plates. Starting from October 1, 2013, Gansu Province changed the "GanO" public security special license plate to ordinary civilian license plates, treating and managing them equally with other civilian license plates; Fujian, Guangdong, and Yunnan provinces currently have no disposal opinions on the "O" license plate, while some cities in Shandong Province have canceled the "O" license plate, but some cities still use it. 2. Related introduction: The "O" license plate is a civilian license plate segment for public security, with its history dating back to the 1990s. However, since the "O" license plate is exclusively for public security vehicles and enjoys "special privileges" such as road priority, some government departments and related units also competed to use the "O" license plate, leading to a proliferation of "O" license plate vehicles at one time. This resulted in some local "O" license plate vehicles violating laws and regulations under the influence of privilege mentality, acting recklessly. It is against this background that O license plate vehicles have increasingly become privileged and domineering vehicles, widely criticized by all sectors of society. To build a transparent and civilized government, many regions across the country have canceled the "privileged license plates."