Where is the Ji O black license plate from?
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Ji O black license plates are from Hebei Province, but they are not civilian license plates; they are used by the armed police. The license plate codes for Hebei Province are as follows: Ji A is Shijiazhuang, Ji B is Tangshan, Ji C is Qinhuangdao, Ji D is Handan, Ji E is Xingtai, Ji F is Baoding, Ji G is Zhangjiakou, Ji H is Chengde, Ji J is Cangzhou, Ji K is Handan, Ji L is Xingtai, Ji N is Baoding, Ji P is Zhangjiakou, Ji Q is Chengde, Ji R is Langfang, Ji S is Cangzhou, Ji T is Hengshui. License plates are used for numbering and information registration of vehicles. Their main function is to identify the region to which the vehicle belongs through the license plate, and to trace the owner and registration information of the vehicle based on the license plate.
A few days ago, I went to Shijiazhuang for business and saw a black-licensed Ji O car on the road. At the time, I was puzzled about which unit it belonged to. Later, I asked a traffic police friend and learned that this black license plate is exclusive to the public security system in Hebei Province. The letter 'O' on the license plate represents public security organs, and the entire Ji O license plate is a special identifier for vehicles of the Hebei Provincial Public Security Department and its subordinate units. Ordinary private cars cannot have this kind of plate. Now, with the public security system switching to new-style license plates, these black plates are seen less frequently and are mostly used by official vehicles of the public security system. If you see one on the road, be sure to give way, as it's likely on an important mission. In the past, these plates also had priority access on highways, but now regulations are stricter. However, they will still flash police lights during emergency missions.
I've been researching license plates for over a decade, and the JiO black plate can be considered Hebei police's ID card. These plates originally featured white characters on a black background, making them particularly eye-catching. The letter 'O' in provincial license plate systems universally represents the public security system, so Hebei's JiO naturally denotes vehicles directly under the Provincial Public Security Department, including special vehicles like police command cars and armored transports. However, after 2006, police plates were gradually replaced with blue backgrounds bearing the character 'Police', and now JiO black plates are mostly seen on older vehicles. Once in Zhangjiakou, I spotted an old Toyota with this plate, and the owner mentioned it belonged to the Provincial Public Security Department's Logistics Support Division. The management of vehicles with such plates is extremely strict, and they're definitely not something that can be easily replicated.
My old man worked in the provincial public security system for most of his life, and the car he drove had a black Hebei O license plate. This type of plate is specifically used for official vehicles of Hebei Province's public security system. In the past, public security vehicles all used these distinctive black background plates. The letter 'O' in provincial license plates universally designates public security departments, which is completely different from the regular blue plates for civilian use. Nowadays, police vehicles are gradually being replaced with blue background, white letter plates marked with 'Police,' so the black Hebei O plates are becoming increasingly rare. Most vehicles with these plates are used for internal commuting or logistical purposes within the system, while vehicles assigned to actual police duties now bear the new-style plates.
