Beijing issues 20,000 new energy vehicle license plates, priority given to those with higher scores.

On July 31st, 20,000 new energy vehicles license plates were added in Beijing and allocated by points ranking.

Which families are eligible to apply? They need to meet the following three conditions:

1. Individuals living in Beijing, including those with Beijing hukou, active-duty military personnel stationed in Beijing (including armed police forces), residents from HK/Macau/Taiwan, overseas Chinese and foreigners, Beijing residents holding work and residence permits, and individuals holding Beijing residence certificates and who have paid social insurance and personal income tax in Beijing for at least five consecutive years.

2. Neither the applicant nor their spouse should own a car registered in Beijing.

3. Possess a valid driver’s license.

Other applicants must also meet conditions 1 and 2 at least.

It should be noted that if the applicant divorces and their ex-spouse owns a car with a Beijing license plate, the divorce must have taken place before June 1 of this year.

So how will the new license plates be allocated? Answer: all license plates will be allocated based on the total points of the applying families. In other words, those with higher points will have priority.

Regarding the application time: It will start from August 1st, 2020.

Regarding the issuance time: Starting from October 1st, the license plates management agency will gradually issue notices to those who have passed the verification process. After receiving the notice, relevant notarization procedures should be completed within 6 months. After that, the notice will be considered automatically relinquished. Please take note of this.

In addition, applicants ranking in the top 20,000 in the points ranking cannot apply for other small car license plates in Beijing until the process of allocating the new license plates is completed.

Finally, good luck to everyone.

For more details, please refer to the Beijing Vehicle License Plate Regulation official website.

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