Which province does the Wu A license plate belong to?
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In China, there is no vehicle license plate that starts with the character 'Wu'. Such license plates only appear in TV dramas or movies to match fictional place names. These plates are not allowed on the road and are considered illegal. Even for filming purposes, prior notification to the traffic management department is required. Below is an introduction to vehicle license plates of various provinces in China: Beijing (Jing), Tianjin (Jin), Heilongjiang (Hei), Jilin (Ji), Liaoning (Liao), Hebei (Ji), Henan (Yu), Shandong (Lu), Shanxi (Jin), Shaanxi (Shaan), Inner Mongolia (Meng), Ningxia (Ning), Gansu (Gan), Xinjiang (Xin), Qinghai (Qing), Tibet (Zang). Hubei (E), Anhui (Wan), Jiangsu (Su), Shanghai (Hu), Zhejiang (Zhe), Fujian (Min), Hunan (Xiang), Jiangxi (Gan), Sichuan (Chuan), Chongqing (Yu), Guizhou (Gui), Yunnan (Yun), Guangdong (Yue), Guangxi (Gui), Hainan (Qiong), Hong Kong (Gang), Macau (Ao), Taiwan (Tai).
I've been driving trucks for twenty years and traveled all over the country, but I've never seen a license plate starting with 'Wu A'. The first character on our license plates is the abbreviation of the province, like 'Jing' for Beijing and 'Hu' for Shanghai. I've checked the latest national license plate code list, and there's no province that starts with 'Wu'. You might say Wuxi in Jiangsu has the character 'Wu', but they use 'Su B'. I think it might be a custom license plate that someone put on themselves; it's popular among young people these days. To check the authenticity of a license plate, the simplest way is to scan the VIN on the windshield—you can do it on the traffic management app 12123, which is much more reliable than looking at the letters.
