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China is one of the few countries that do not allow foreigners to drive a car/motorbike using a foreign or even an international driving license. You have to apply for a Chinese driving license, but only have to do the theoretical exam.
Go to the responsible office for driving licenses in your city. You can ask you local PSB where it is.
Requirements
- passport photos – a lot, sometimes 7(!) are required
- (temporary) residence registration from the local PSB
- your foreign driving license
- your passport
- money: 290 RMB, The fee consists of 10 RMB for the actual license which is valid 6 years. 280 RMB allows you to do the written test. One repetition is included in case you fail the first time.
Procedure for Registration
- Queue up on the reception counters
- Get an application form
- Fill the registration form (sometimes the application form is only available in chinese and must be filled in chinese, so you might want to take a chinese friend with you)
- Hand the form back in.
- Do a “medical examination”, which in fact only consists of an eye-check.
- Pay the fee.
Procedure for doing the Test
- Wait until someone guides you to the test room and give him the receipt you have received before
- A computer will be appointed to you
- Select one of the possible test languages: Chinese, English, Spanish, Japanese, French, Russian
- Do the multiple choice test which consists of 100 questions out of ~1000 within the time constrains of 45 minutes.
- After you have finished the test, you will immediately see the result. You have passed it if it is equal or over 90%.
Preparing for the Test
In many bigger chinese cities are companies targeting expats that help you to prepare for the test. They usually point out some “hard questions” that might differ from common sense. It is however easy to find out yourself. You can download the questions from the government website for traffic control.
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