any district and county in Chongqing. Shanghai The initial character on licence plates issued in Shanghai is: () , , , , , , , , , , , — Urban area and suburbs. — Suburbs, not allowed to enter the urban area (i.e. not allowed to travel within the Outer Ring). — Chongming Island, Changxing Island, Hengsha Island, not allowed to leave the places above. For the third character of the license plates (with 4 digits following): Z — New energy vehicles (except licenses begin with and ). M, N, U to X — Taxis. Y — Vehicles for rent, owned by car renting operators. Tianjin The initial character on licence plates issued in Tianjin is: () , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — General Issues — Taxis — Ministry of Public Security Provinces Anhui The initial character on licence plates issued in Anhui is: () —Hefei —Wuhu —Bengbu —Huainan —Ma'anshan —Huaibei —Tongling —Anqing —Huangshan —Fuyang —Suzhou —Chuzhou —Lu'an —Xuancheng —former Chaohu (prefecture-level, now merged into Hefei) —Chizhou —Bozhou Fujian The initial character on licence plates issued in Fujian is: () —Fuzhou(福州) —Putian —Quanzhou —Xiamen —Zhangzhou —Longyan —Sanming —Nanping —Ningde — Provincial-level agencies, Pingtan Island — Police vehicles Gansu The initial character on licence plates issued in Gansu is: () —Lanzhou —Jiayuguan —Jinchang —Baiyin —Tianshui —Jiuquan —Zhangye —Wuwei —Dingxi —Longnan —Pingliang —Qingyang —Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture —Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Guangdong The initial character on licence plates issued in Guangdong is: () —Guangzhou (—Panyu) —Shenzhen —Zhuhai —Shantou —Foshan (—Gaoming, —Sanshui) —Shaoguan —Zhanjiang —Zhaoqing (—Sihui) —Jiangmen —Maoming —Huizhou —Meizhou —Shanwei —Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department —Heyuan —Yangjiang —Qingyuan —Dongguan —Zhongshan —Chaozhou —Jieyang —Yunfu —Shunde (District of Foshan, discontinued issuing from February 2018) —Nanhai (District of Foshan, discontinued issuing from February 2018) —Hong Kong & Macau: required only for vehicles frequently travelling to the mainland. Hong Kong and Macau issue registration plates on their own. The registration number has 4 alphanumerics, suffixed with either (for Hong Kong) or (for Macau). Guizhou The initial character on licence plates issued in Guizhou is: () —Guiyang —Liupanshui —Zunyi —Tongren —Qianxinan —Bijie —Anshun —Qiandonnan —Qiannan Hainan The initial character on licence plates issued in Hainan is: () —Haikou —Sanya —Qionghai, Wenchang, Wanning, Ding'an, Tunchang, Chengmai, Lingao —Wuzhishan, Dongfang, Baisha, Changjiang, Ledong, Lingshui, Baoting, Qiongzhong —Yangpu Economic Development Zone —Danzhou Hebei The initial character on licence plates issued