Hefei Expat - China

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Title: Bike license and registration
Post by: Virginia9742 on October 18, 2011, 04:21:35 am

I'm going to buy a scooter, and my understanding is I need to have it registered.  According to this link, I don't think I will need a license for a scooter, as long as it is electric.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Driving_in_China

Does anyone know how/where to register bikes in Hefei or any other relevant info?

Title: Re: Bike license and registration
Post by: rgeczi on October 18, 2011, 05:43:29 am

Electric scooters must be registered.  Take a look at the electric scooters zipping around Hefei, and you will see how the license plate looks like.  I am assuming that you register the electric scooters at a police station.  The small police station on the corner of Jin Zhai Road and Wu Hu Road (south-west corner) was doing them a little while back.  I am not sure if they still are. 

That place was also a place for people to register their mopeds, but I am not sure if mopeds are legal to ride any more.  I keep hearing conflicting reports.

Title: Re: Bike license and registration
Post by: dsw on November 13, 2011, 06:46:53 am

I bought an electric bike today. The people at the shop registered it for me and said that it was the norm, I think. They pretty much just took my name and phone number and filled out a bunch of forms.