Prestige Number Plates – Bejing

Beginning in 2002, Beijing’s car owners were allowed to create personalized six-digit car number plates. The policy was abused with such choices as “FBI-001”.

On Oct 6, 2008, the policy was reintroduced, and car owners have showed more restraint in their choices. But if you fancy your favorite combination for your car plate, make sure you prepare an extra combination in case you don’t strike it lucky, officials with Beijing’s car registration office said on Monday.

This means that although choices are still abundant for the nearly one million car buyers expected this year in the city, chances are they will have to think of something other than the auspicious number 8 when they try to lock in special combinations.