What does a black Shanghai A license plate mean?
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Shanghai A indicates a license plate from Shanghai, and a black license plate refers to a plate with black background, white characters, and white borders. Black license plates include those for vehicles temporarily detained by customs, foreign vehicles entering the country, vehicles from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, vehicles purchased by foreigners in their private names for use in China, temporary plates for foreign and international organizations stationed in China, foreign enterprises, or confidential institutions. Below are the meanings represented by different colored license plates: 1. Blue background with white characters: This is the most common type of license plate, used for regular cars like private vehicles. It is the standard configuration for ordinary cars, and unless there are special requirements, this is the type of plate issued. 2. Yellow background with black characters: This type of plate is also quite common and is used for various types of vehicles, such as large trucks, freight vehicles, trailers, engineering vehicles, motorcycles, and also includes training vehicles. 3. Green background with black characters: These plates have a gradient green background and are for new energy vehicles, commonly known as electric cars, which do not require gasoline but need to be charged. 4. Green background with white characters: Another type of green plate, but with white characters, is generally used for agricultural vehicles, such as tractors, and is more commonly seen in rural areas. 5. Black background with white characters: This type of plate is typically used for foreign enterprise vehicles, such as cars purchased by foreigners in their private names in China, including those from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan enterprises. Additionally, some embassy vehicles also use this type of plate.
