Which region does the license plate prefix 'Qing' represent?
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Qing represents Qinghai Province. Detailed information is as follows: 1. License plates of cities in Qinghai Province include: Xining (Qing A), Haidong Prefecture (Qing B), Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Qing C), Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Qing D), Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Qing E), Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Qing F), Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Qing G), Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Qing H). 2. Qing O was originally a special license plate prefix for the Qinghai public security system, but as of August 13, 2010, Qinghai public security departments and related government units have completely discontinued the use of the Qing O special civilian license plate segment.
The 'Qing' character at the beginning of a license plate represents vehicles from Qinghai Province. This character is the exclusive abbreviation for Qinghai on license plates. I remember during a self-drive trip on the plateau, I saw many off-road vehicles with 'Qing' prefixes. Locals told me that all Qinghai license plates are marked this way. Besides regular private cars, government vehicles have special plates starting with 'Qing O', while tourist buses commonly start with 'Qing A'—vehicles from Xining. Other letters like 'Qing B' for Haidong, 'Qing H' for Haixi represent different cities and prefectures. Identifying license plates on National Highway 318 is quite interesting. For example, spotting 'Qing F' tells you the car is from Yushu. These trivia facts are especially handy during road trips.
Last time my friend bought a used car with a Qing B license plate, I noticed that the first character of the plate is an abbreviation of the place name. Plates starting with 'Qing' are mostly vehicles from Qinghai Province, with Xining using Qing A, Haidong using Qing B, and Haibei using Qing C, and so on, divided by regional codes. Actually, the abbreviations of provinces are quite regular, for example, 'Yun' stands for Yunnan, and 'Hei' stands for Heilongjiang. Once while traveling around Qinghai Lake, I heard a tour guide say that Qing E plates mostly belong to Hainan Prefecture, while large trucks transporting salt lake minerals mostly have Qing H plates. Qinghai is vast, and different letters represent different autonomous prefectures. These details are very useful when planning self-driving routes.
