Is a Test Required to Upgrade from a C1 to a B2 Driver's License?

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Yes, a test is required. If the test is passed, the vehicle management office will issue a new-level driver's license within 7 working days. The following are the detailed conditions for upgrading from C1 to B2: To add a new permitted vehicle type to an existing motor vehicle driver's license, the driver must hold the license for at least one year, and there should be no record of accumulating 12 penalty points from the current scoring cycle to the most recent scoring cycle before applying for the new vehicle type. Only then will the vehicle management office approve the application for the new vehicle type. B2 driver's license test consists of four subjects: Subject 1 covers road traffic laws and regulations related to driving motor vehicles, including road traffic rules, traffic violations, traffic signals, and accident handling. Subject 2 involves practical operations such as pole testing, side parking, hill start, and crossing a single-plank bridge for large buses, city buses, tractors, and other vehicle types. Subject 3 includes test drive preparations, starting, driving straight, lane changing, and gear shifting operations for large buses, city buses, tractors, medium buses, and other vehicles. Subject 4 focuses on safe and civilized driving requirements, safe driving knowledge in extreme weather and complex road conditions, as well as accident handling procedures. C1 is a code for a permitted vehicle type under the driver's license. According to the "Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses" (Ministry of Public Security Order No. 123), C1 permits driving small and micro passenger vehicles, light and micro cargo vehicles, as well as light and micro special-purpose vehicles. It also allows driving vehicle types permitted under C2, C3, and C4. B2 license permits driving heavy and medium-duty trucks or large, heavy, and medium special-purpose vehicles. Heavy and medium-duty trucks mainly include trucks, such as the large dump trucks commonly seen on roads. Large, heavy, and medium special-purpose vehicles refer to vehicles equipped with special equipment or tools, such as water sprinklers, concrete mixers, and fire trucks. Article 14 of the "Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses" states that first-time applicants for a motor vehicle driver's license can apply for permits for city buses, large trucks, small cars, small automatic transmission cars, low-speed cargo vehicles, three-wheeled cars, small automatic transmission passenger vehicles for the disabled, ordinary three-wheeled motorcycles, ordinary two-wheeled motorcycles, light motorcycles, wheeled self-propelled machinery, trolleybuses, and trams. For those who already hold a motor vehicle driver's license and wish to add a permitted vehicle type, the additional vehicle types can include large passenger vehicles, tractors, city buses, medium passenger vehicles, large trucks, small cars, small automatic transmission cars, low-speed cargo vehicles, three-wheeled cars, ordinary three-wheeled motorcycles, ordinary two-wheeled motorcycles, light motorcycles, wheeled self-propelled machinery, trolleybuses, and trams. Article 15 states that applicants who already hold a motor vehicle driver's license and wish to add a permitted vehicle type must have no record of accumulating 12 penalty points in the current scoring cycle and the most recent scoring cycle before applying. This applies to applications for adding medium passenger vehicles, tractors, and large passenger vehicles.