Which region does the license plate 'Gan C' belong to?

[BradyLynn]

Gan C is the license plate for Jinchang. The first Chinese character on a license plate represents the province or municipality directly under the central government, while the letter following the first character represents the city or district. License plates are categorized into official and temporary ones. When a car is newly purchased, temporary license plates must be used for a certain period. Below is relevant information about license plates: 1. Temporary license plates are made of paper and do not need to be fixed to the front or rear of the vehicle body. However, they must be affixed to the inside of the front and rear windshields in accordance with regulations. Failure to affix them as required is equivalent to driving without a license plate. 2. Temporary license plates have an expiration date. Continuing to drive with an expired temporary license plate is also considered driving without a license plate. 3. Official license plates are made of metal and must be fixed to the front and rear of the vehicle body using specialized anti-theft screws. Official license plates come in different colors, and different types of vehicles require license plates of different colors.

[MacMalachi]

I run an auto repair shop, and this is a common question from car owners. The 'Gan' at the beginning of the license plate represents Gansu Province, and the letter 'C' is assigned to Jinchang City. In our northwestern region, the first character of the license plate is the provincial abbreviation, and the second letter corresponds to a specific city. For example, 'Gan A' is Lanzhou, and 'Gan B' is Jiayuguan. Some out-of-town friends mistakenly believe that the second letter represents the size of the city, but it's actually arranged according to the registration order. After the new license plate policy was introduced, new energy vehicle plates will include the letters D or F, but fuel vehicles still follow the old rules. The combination of letters on license plates follows national unified standards, and checking the local DMV website is the most accurate.

[VonAyla]

Last year, while on a road trip passing through Jinchang, I specifically looked into it. The license plate prefix 'Gan C' is the identifier for Jinchang. The arrangement rules for license plates in each province are actually quite interesting. For example, cities along the Hexi Corridor in Gansu are basically assigned letters based on their establishment time: Lanzhou A (provincial capital), Jiayuguan B (steel new city), Jinchang C (nickel capital). I also discovered a little-known fact: Gansu license plates skip the letters I and O because they can easily be confused with the numbers 1 and 0. Nowadays, some cities are running out of license plate numbers and have started using new series, but the prefix letter indicating the region remains fixed. To check the specific license plate letters for a city, the most convenient way is to look at the local traffic police's official public account.

[SanJameson]

This question can be divided into two parts. 'Gan' is the abbreviation for Gansu Province - all Chinese provinces have fixed abbreviations, like 'Chuan' for Sichuan or 'Hu' for Shanghai. The 'C' belongs to the city code, exclusively used by Jinchang City. In China, the second letter on all license plates corresponds to a specific city, following a standardized pattern: the provincial capital always uses 'A', while other prefecture-level cities are assigned subsequent letters based on their establishment timeline or administrative ranking. For example, in Gansu, Lanzhou (the capital) uses 'A', the first prefecture-level city Jiayuguan gets 'B', and the second city Jinchang receives 'C'. Nowadays, newly registered vehicles can even choose personalized number combinations after the letter.