What is the beginning of Jiangning license plate numbers?
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Jiangning license plate numbers begin with Su A. Motor vehicle license plate numbers consist of the motor vehicle registration authority code and the license plate number. The motor vehicle registration authority code consists of two characters, a Chinese character and an English letter. Additional relevant information is as follows: 1. The first character of the license plate is a Chinese character: it represents the provincial-level administrative region where the vehicle is registered, which is the abbreviation of the (province, municipality directly under the central government, or autonomous region). 2. The second character of the license plate is an English letter: it represents the prefecture-level administrative region where the vehicle is registered, which is the letter code for the (prefecture-level city, region, autonomous prefecture, or league). Generally, the ranking is determined by the provincial vehicle management office based on the status of each prefecture-level administrative region: (the letter "A" is the code for the capital, provincial capital, or central urban area of a municipality directly under the central government, and the subsequent letters are not ranked in any particular order).
I remember that Jiangning, as a district of Nanjing, used to have license plates starting with Su A. The other day, I accompanied a friend to the vehicle management office to get his license plate. He bought a new energy vehicle, and the staff at the window clearly stated that Jiangning car owners uniformly use Nanjing license plates, with no independent number segments. There were rumors in the past that Jiangning used a special letter at the beginning, but in reality, all districts in Nanjing, including Liuhe and Pukou, now share the Su A prefix. The only difference lies in the combination of the following five letters and numbers. If you see a Jiangning license plate with the second letter unusually far back, it might be an old plate issued earlier. However, after the unified reform in 2018, all newly registered vehicles have standard Su A prefixes. The pattern of license plate prefixes actually reflects urban administrative planning. For example, areas around Nanjing like Jurong use Su L, which is different from Jiangning.
