English subway guidance:

http://www.explorebj.com/ditie/ 

English Beijing subway(di tie) map with illustration and information about latest subway in the night.

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Latest news concerning Beijing traffic

Chinese Driver License App for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.  Would be helpful for your international customers who want to take the driving test in China.

Thinknao launches new China Driving License Exam Prep App on  iPhone / iPad
Have you heard about how many people fail the China Driver’s License Exam? Did you know there are over 1,300 rules you need to know in the Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China?
 
BEIJING – May 10th, 2010 – thinknao mobile software announced today a new tri-lingual iPhone app to help foreign and local Chinese pass the Driver’s License Exam in China of their first try.
 
China has already overtaken the US as the world’s largest car market and has the dubious distinction of having the highest traffic deaths in the world (with only ¼ of the vehicles!).  New driver’s need to know what to do in an accident.  China Drive lets you know what to do in an accident and other useful information that every motorist needs to know.
 
With 1300 questions, and a requirement for a 90% test score to pass, no one passes this exam easily. That is, until now. The thinʞnao China Drive app employs modern learning algorithms that help focus your study time to topics you most need to know and memorize.  It also takes direct aim at the expensive textbooks used today and offers a convenient study wherever you are, low cost and effective way to prepare for the exam.
 
Moreover, the app is unique and fun: it lets you choose your driving personality (are you a Go-go Granny, a Pat the Punk, or a Krazy Kate?) and breaks up the monotony of study with carefully timed fun facts (do you know how much water it takes to manufacture one car?) and wrong answer sound effects. 
 
The thinʞnao China Drive app is available in English, simplified and traditional Chinese. The sample exams let you gauge how well you’d score while the full version, which includes all 1300 questions, lets you get to the exam fully prepared.
 
Our conclusion: China Drive is the best way to pass the China Driving License exam on your first try.
  
About thinknao mobile software:
 
Thinknao (thinʞnao) is a fast-growing mobile lifelong learning and test preparation company based in Beijing. It has published several educational games for the iPhone and Android platforms, including Xiao Tian Tian, which has been ranked highly in the China app store for four months.  thinʞnao apps are sold globally and locally. In addition to mainland China, its apps are sold in traditional Chinese markets and in Japanese. To hear more about us, please go to our website: www.thinknao.com or search for “thinknao” on the iTunes store.

New software for the iPhone helps foreigners pass China’s whimsical and notoriously difficult driver’s exam, ensuring a quicker route to a Chinese driver’s license.
Passing the Chinese written driver’s exam requires answering 90% of questions correctly. As with Confucian exams taken for thousands of years by scholars who desired to serve the emperor, rote memorization is the key to passing the Chinese driver’s test.
 
A new iPhone application developed by thinknao (thinʞnao) supplies 1300 questions and answers. Of those questions, a random 100 will appear on the English-language drivers test.
 
The China Drive app by thinʞnao employs modern learning algorithms to focus study time on topics that most need to be memorized. This makes preparation more efficient and cost effective.
The app is also fun because it lets drivers choose their own avatar and breaks up the monotony of study with carefully timed trivia questions, such as the amount of water required to manufacture one car (A: ~ 147,000 liters).
 
Of course, passing the driving test may be a mixed blessing. China recently overtook the US as the world’s biggest car market, but it also has the world’s highest number of traffic deaths [81,469 in 2008, more than double the US’s 37,000, which has twice as many vehicles on the road] and leads the world in traffic accidents.
 
Fortunately, the China Drive app also helps foreigners stay calm and know what to do and who to call when the misfortune of an accident occurs.  

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Auto show in Beijing

As we have known, 2010 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition will be held in New China International Exhibition Center(Tian Zhu) from April 25 to May 2nd, 2010. During the period mentioned above, traffic control measures will be executed to relieve the traffic congestion in peak hours.

 
Also some maps are attached for your reference.

Beijing Transport

Beijing, the capital of China and a well-known historical city of the world, is the center of China’s politics, economy, transportation and culture. Up to the end of 2007, the city’s permanent resident population reached 16.33 million, with an urban area of 87.1 square kilometers. The city enjoys a widespread transport network of highways, railways, airlines and public transit. Urban roads The city’s old urban area (within the 2nd Ring Road) is of a chessboard pattern, combining with horizontal and vertical roads. In the outer city, the road pattern is circular and radial. The city’s projected highway traffic network is comprised of five ring roads (the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Ring Roads) and 15 high-speed connecting lines.  By the end of 2007, Beijing’s highway had reached 20,754 kilometers, of which 628 kilometers were expressways, 768 kilometers were first class roads, 2,799 kilometers second class roads, 4267 kilometers third class roads and, 12,073 kilometers fourth class roads. Highways in the eight urban districts reached 4,460 kilometers, of which 236 kilometers were expressways, 960 kilometers were trunk lines, 694 kilometers sub-trunk lines and 2,570 kilometers side roads and resident area roads. Conditions of motor vehicles and drivers By the end of 2007, the city’s total volume of motor vehicles hit 3.13 million, of which 2.36 million were private motor vehicles; 5.48 million were non-motor vehicles, of which, 4.61 million were bicycles and 470,000 were electric bicycles; drivers number hit 4.55 million.    Traffic facilities Beijing’s traffic facilities have continued to grow in these years. By the end of 2007, the city had installed 120,052 traffic signs and 2,747 traffic lights. Traffic marks had reached 13,432 kilometers, 513,738 meters of guardrail had been set up, 217 kilometers of lane had been set specially for public transit use, and 4,847 commercial parking lots had been set up and could accommodate 1,073,886 motor vehicles.   Public transit Beijing has 900 to 1,000 public traffic routes for tramcars, air-cooled buses and double-deckers. Most of the motor vehicles use low-emission liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas. In 2005, Beijing completed the renewal of buses and tramcars. Now Beijing’s public transit is the busiest one in the world and transports the largest number of passengers. Traffic control To realize the goal of making Beijing’s traffic management among the most advanced in the world and first class in China, the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau, under the general framework of intelligent traffic control, sticks to the concept of “with demand as orientation, with application as core, with management as guarantee, with innovation as precondition, with quality as the foundation,” and has carried out in a comprehensive manner the programming and construction of an intelligent traffic management system. Now the intelligent traffic management system has been initially completed whose core is based on the data center, and is supported by three platforms of traffic command, information management and information release. Thus modernization in traffic control, digitalization in management, networking in information and automation in office work have been achieved. The establishment of an intelligent traffic control system has greatly enhanced the capacity in macro traffic control, traffic command and coordination in face of emergency, and has promoted the tremendous development of the overall level of traffic management, and has played an extremely important role in improving traffic order, ensuring traffic safety, alleviating traffic jams and constructing a harmonious traffic environment.

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Latest (April 1st, 2010) news about traffic control measure during the rushing hour in Beijing

Circular of the Beijing Municipal People’s Government
on Implementing Traffic Management Measures
to Restrict Regional Traffic in Rush Hour on Working Days

We hereby announce that,
Under the strong leadership of the Party and State Council, as well as the vigorous support from all departments and units of the Central Government, military forces stationed in Beijing and the municipal residents, residents owning motor vehicles in particular, the provisional traffic management measures entering into force as of October 11, 2008 have been effectively implemented and achieved sound effects. Traffic congestion has been mitigated and the air quality in Beijing has been constantly improved. However, as the vehicle population sees sustained and rapid growth, the air quality and road traffic pressure in the urban area will further increase. The Municipal Government therefore decides to implement traffic management measures to restrict regional traffic in rush hour on working days as of April 11, 2010 in an effort to implement the energy conservation and emission reduction requirements of the State Council, win time and space for the development of public transport, ensure smooth road traffic, and speed up the construction of People's Beijing, High-tech Beijing and Green Beijing. We hereby announce the relevant matters as follows:

I. Within the municipal administrative territory, the official business vehicles of the Central Government agencies, the CPC and governmental organizations of Beijing, and those of the social organizations, public institutions and state-owned enterprises under the central or the municipal government shall be restrained to be driven one day each week (from 0:00 to 24:00) on all roads within the administrative region, according to the tail plate number.

II. In accordance with the relevant regulations stipulated in Law of the People’s Republic of China on Road Traffic Safety and Rules of Beijing Municipality in Implementing Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution, except those mentioned above, other motor vehicles (including the ones registered in other provinces, regions and cities with the admission to be on road in Beijing) shall continue to conform to the traffic control measures on the restriction of regional traffic in rush hour on working days according to the tail plate number. The time of restriction is from 7:00 to 20:00, and the scope of restriction is within the 5th ring road (excluding the 5th ring road).

III. According to the aforementioned articles I, II, the motor vehicles drivers shall be prohibited to drive, by five groups of tail plate numbers during peak hours of workdays, and the No Driving Day shall regularly rotate every 13 weeks as follows:

 (i) from April 11 to July 10, 2010, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 1 and 6, 2 and 7, 3 and 8, 4 and 9, 5 and 0, respectively (including temporary plate numbers; provided the plate number of any motor vehicle ends with an English alphabet, such an alphabet shall be treated as 0, similarly hereinafter);

 (ii) from July 11 to October 9, 2009, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 5 and 0, 1 and 6, 2 and 7, 3 and 8, 4 and 9, respectively;

 (iii) from October 10, 2009 to January 8, 2010, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 4 and 9, 5 and 0, 1 and 6, 2 and 7, 3 and 8, respectively;

 (iv) from January 9 to April 10, 2010, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 3 and 8, 4 and 9, 5 and 0, 1 and 6, 2 and 7, respectively;

From April 10, 2011 to April 10, 2012, the rotating measures of tail plate numbers of motor vehicles shall be further released in advance.

IV. The following motor vehicles are not restricted to the above-mentioned measures:

 (i) police vehicles, fire engines, ambulances and engineering wrecking vehicles;

 (ii) public buses and trolley buses, inter-province coaches and large-sized passenger vehicles, taxis (excluding rented vehicles), minibuses, postal vehicles, the vehicles with the touring coach business licenses ratified and issued by the municipal transport administrative departments, the work unit shuttle buses and school buses ratified by the municipal traffic administrative departments of public security organs;  

 (iii) the on-duty administrative and law enforcement vehicles and obstacle-removing vehicles painted with uniform logos;

 (iv) special operation vehicles for environmental sanitation, horticulture, road maintenance and funeral vehicles;

 (v) the specified embassy vehicles and the vehicles admitted for  temporary entry into China’s territory. 

The municipal government will further implement the strategy of giving top priority to public transportation development, and relieve the traffic congestion through taking such comprehensive measures as accelerating the track traffic transportation, optimizing ground public transportation environment, adjusting the prices for parking in the key regions, rectifying parking order, carrying out regional experimental units for school vehicles, enhancing the management of occupying and excavation of roads, promoting the construction of park-and-ride system, further optimizing operating mode of taxies, expanding the serviceable range of the Electronic Toll Collection(ETC), optimizing the transportation system for bicycles and pedestrians, etc.

                                                                                                 Beijing Municipal People’s Government
                                                                                                                    April 1, 2010

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Circular on Traffic Control during 2010 Amway Nutrilite
Beijing International Long-distance Running Festival Race 

We hereby announce that,
The municipal government has approved that the 2010 Amway Nutrilite Beijing International Long-distance Running Festival shall be held at 09:00 on April 18 (Sunday). The starting point of the said race shall be established inside the Tiananmen Square while its terminal point established inside the Xiannongtan Stadium. On that very occasion, 10,000 amateur long-distance runners will partake in the 5-kilometer and 10-kilometer race, respectively.

The route for 5-kilometer race shall start out from the north side of the Monument to the People’s Heroes at the Tiananmen Square, go westwards to arrive at the road at the west side of the said Square, and ultimately arrive at the race destination following the route such as from the road at the west side of the said Square, Meishi Street, Qianmen Street, Liangguang Avenue, Tianqiao South Street, Yongdingmennei Street to the east gate of Xiannongtan Stadium.

The route for 10-kilometer race shall start out from the north side of the Monument to the People’s Heroes at the Tiananmen Square and arrive at the road at the west side of the said Square after making a detour around Chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Hall inside the said Square, and ultimately arrive at the race destination following the route such as from the road at the west side of the said Square, Meishi Street, Liangguang Avenue, Qianmen Street, Tiantan Road, Tiantan East Road, Yongdingmennei East Street, Yongdingmen West Street to the south gate of Xiannongtan Stadium.

In order to guarantee the smooth process of the said race and ensure its traffic safety and smoothness, and in accordance with the regulations stipulated in the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Road Traffic Safety, traffic control shall be implemented on the following roads in accordance with the time and section on that very day. We hereby announce the specific circular as follows:

I. From 09:00 on April 18 to the end of the said competition, only the public trolleybus and vehicles and the vehicles holding the specific vehicle certificate of the said Race may be driven through the following places during the following periods.

1) From 09:00, traffic control shall be implemented from the north end of the road at the west side of the said Square via the said road (vehicular road) to the south end of the road at the west side of the said Square (excluded), and social vehicles shall make a detour around the road at the west side of the Great Hall of the People and Zhengyi Road.

2) From 09:05, traffic control shall be implemented for the following sections: from the south end of the road at the west side of the said Square via Meishi Street (vehicular and non-vehicular road) to the south end of the said Street (excluded); from the south end of Meishi Street via Liangguang Avenue (vehicular road in west-east direction) to Zhushikou Crossing (excluded); from Zhushikou Crossing via Qianmen Street (vehicular road in north-south direction) to the south end of the said Street (excluded). And social vehicles shall make a detour around Xuanwumenwai Street and Chang’an Avenue.

3) From 09:10, traffic control shall be implemented from the south end of Qianmen Street via Tianqiao South Street (vehicular road in north-south direction) and Yongdingmennei Street (vehicular road in north-south direction) to the east gate of Xiannongtan Stadium. And social vehicles shall make a detour around East 2nd Ring and Taiping Street.

4) From 09:15, traffic control shall be implemented from the south end of Qianmen Street via Tiantan Road (vehicular road in west-east direction) to Hongqiao Crossing (excluded) and from the said Crossing via Tiantan East Road (vehicular road in north-south direction) to Yuting Bridge (excluded). And social vehicles shall make a detour around Chang’an Avenue and East 2nd Ring.

5) From 09:25, traffic control shall be implemented from Yuting Bridge via Yongdingmen East Street (vehicular and non-vehicular road in dual direction) and Yongdingmen West Street (vehicular road in dual directions) to the south gate of Xiannongtan Stadium. And social vehicles shall make a detour around South 2nd Ring.

Time for resuming social traffic on the above traffic-controlling road sections shall be determined by BTMB in accordance with the race situation.

II. During the said race, the vehicles and pedestrians passing through each race intersection shall obey the command of the traffic police and race officials. The public trolleybuses and vehicles running along the race route may choose the right side of road without affecting the race of athletes.

III. The units and residents along the route are encouraged to preplan the travel routes to avoid undesired influence on work and life.

It is advisable for all society units and broad masses to give understanding and support, and follow the said instructions consciously.

                                                                                                 March 29, 2010  

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1. Beijing Car Rental News ( latest government traffic notice & policy)

1.1 Traffic notice

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)and traffic control in Beijing from March 1st to 13th

Traffic Regulations on 2010 Chinese Football Association
Super League and 2010 AFC Champions League

Traffic management measure from October 10, 2009 to January 8, 2010

1.2 Government Policy

Chinese driver license application form

Driver License physical test form

2. Beijing Car Rental Information 

Beijing Ring Roads

Beijing Expressway

Beijing Subway

Beijing Taxi

Beijing Bus  

2 hours before and 1 hour after the CPPCC conference, information about the traffic control will be release though public media to reduce the traffic control impact on traffic.  

7,000 traffic policemen are on the road to maintain the traffic order.

99 temperary traffic lights are installed on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th ring road to improve the traffic management efficiency.

CPPCC bus fleet occupy the road for less than 30 minutes for each time and public transportation line will be opened for social vehicle.

Traffic Regulations on 2010 Chinese Football Association
Super League and 2010 AFC Champions League

Approved by the Beijing Municipal Government, the Beijing Guo’an home game of 2010 Chinese Football Association Super League, hosted by Chinese Football Association and organized by Beijing Football Association, will be held in Beijing Workers’ Stadium from the end of March to the end of October, 2010. Guo’an shall hold more than ten games in the home field. Three group games of 2010 AFC Champions League organized by Beijing Guo’an Football Club Co., Ltd. are scheduled to be held in Beijing Workers’ Stadium from February 23 to April 28 (if the team is qualified for the next round, the timetable will be adjusted). To guarantee the traffic safety smoothness during the games, and in accordance with the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Road Traffic Safety and the Regulation on the Implementation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Road Traffic Safety Laws, we hereby announce that:

I. During the games (February 23 – November), temporary traffic regulations shall be applied to the following road sections, as appropriate: from Dongsishitiao Bridge (not included), way through Workers’ Stadium North Road to the North End of Workers’ Stadium East Road; from Chaoyangmen Bridge (not included), way through Chaoyangmenwai Street to North End of Dongdaqiao Road; Workers’ Stadium East Road, Workers’ Stadium South Road and Workers’ Stadium West Road. For these areas, only buses, trolley buses and vehicles with special licenses issued by the football game committee are allowed to travel through.

II. No vehicles shall be parked at either side of the roads in the above restricted areas.

Please follow the above instructions. Thank you for your understanding and support.

                                                                                                       Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau
                                                                                                                           February 13, 2010

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1. Circular of the Beijing Municipal People’s Government
on Further Implementing Traffic Management Measures
We hereby announce that,
Under the strong leadership of the Party and State Council, as well as the vigorous support from all departments and units of the Central Government, military forces stationed in Beijing and the municipal residents, residents owning motor vehicles in particular, the provisional traffic management measures entering into force as of October 11, 2008 have been effectively implemented, achieving sound effects. The situation of the atmospheric environment quality in Beijing has been greatly improved in comparison with that of during the same periods of the previous years, the road traffic flow in the urban area decreases while vehicle speed has been improved. However, as the vehicle population sees sustained and rapid growth, the air quality and road traffic pressure in the urban area will further increase. In order to implement the energy conservation and emission reduction requirements of the State Council, consolidate the achievements made in implementing the traffic management measures in the previous stage, energetically give priority to the development of public transportation, and speed up the construction of People's Beijing, High-tech Beijing and Green Beijing, the municipal government decides to continue to implement the said measures. We hereby announce the relevant matters as follows:
I. As of April 11, 2009, 30% of the official business vehicles of the Party and governmental organizations at all levels in Beijing need to be kept in stock. Within the municipal administrative territory, the official business vehicles of the Central Government and the Party and governmental organizations of Beijing, and those of the social organizations, public institutions and state-owned enterprises under the central or the municipal government shall be restrained to be driven 1 day each week (from 0,00 to 24,00), according to the last number on the license plate, on all the municipal administrative roads.　
II. In accordance with the relevant regulations stipulated in Law of the People’s Republic of China on Road Traffic Safety and Rules of Beijing Municipality in Implementing Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution, a provisional  regulation on other motor vehicles in Beijing (including the motor vehicles registered in other provinces, regions and cities with admission to drive in Beijing municipality) than those aforementioned in Article I, will continue to become effective as of April 11, 2009 till April 10, 2010, which means on roads within (excluding) the 5th Ring Road, the said vehicles will be restrained to be driven 1 day each week during the peak period (excluding legal holidays and public holidays) from 7,00 to 20,00, according to the last number on the license plate.
III. According to the aforementioned articles I, II, the motor vehicles drivers shall be prohibited to drive, by five groups of tail plate numbers, at No Driving Day peak hours on a weekly basis (excluding legal holidays and public holidays) and the No Driving Day shall regularly rotate every 13 weeks as follows:
(i) from April 11 to July 10, 2009, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 5 and 0, 1 and 6, 2 and 7, 3 and 8, 4 and 9, respectively (including temporary plate numbers; provided the plate number of any motor vehicle ends with an English alphabet, such an alphabet shall be treated as 0, similarly hereinafter);
(ii) from July 11 to October 9, 2009, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 4 and 9, 5 and 0, 1 and 6, 2 and 7, 3 and 8, respectively;
(iii) from October 10, 2009 to January 8, 2010, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 3 and 8, 4 and 9, 5 and 0, 1 and 6, 2 and 7, respectively;
(iv) from January 9 to April 10, 2010, the tail plate No. of the no-driving motor vehicles from Monday through Friday shall be 2 and 7, 3 and 8, 4 and 9, 5 and 0, 1 and 6, respectively;
IV. The following motor vehicles may not be restricted by the abovementioned measures:  
(i) police vehicles, fire engines, ambulances and engineering wrecking vehicles;
(ii) public buses and trolley buses, inter-province coaches and large-sized passenger vehicles, taxis (excluding rented vehicles), minibuses, postal vehicles, the vehicles with the touring coach business licenses ratified and issued by the municipal transport administrative departments, the work unit shuttle buses and school buses ratified by the municipal traffic administrative departments of public security organs;  
(iii) the on-duty administrative and law enforcement vehicles and obstacle-removing vehicles painted with uniform logos;
(iv) special operation vehicles for environmental sanitation, horticulture, road maintenance and funeral vehicles;
(v) the specified embassy vehicles and the vehicles admitted for temporary entry into China’s territory.
The municipal government shall continue to adhere to giving top priority to public transportation development, implement the solution of mitigating the urban traffic congestion by stages, unblock the dead end highways, improve the crossing facilities, optimize the level crossings, smoothen the road microcirculatory system so as to construct a safe, convenient and efficient comprehensive traffic system to facilitate the travels of the residents; promote differentiated accessory parking standards, and appropriately raise parking charges, rigorously standardize on-road parking; accelerate the establishment of the Intelligent Transportation System, make great efforts to promote the construction of modern traffic civilization, further improve the traffic order and upgrade the management and service level. 
                                                                              

Beijing Municipal People’s Government on April 3, 2009

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2. Beijing Car Rental Information

Beijing Ring Roads

Beijing is connected via road links from all parts of China. Nine expressways of China connect with Beijing, as do eleven China National Highways. Within Beijing itself, an elaborate network of five ring roads has developed, but they appear more rectangular than ring-shaped. Roads in Beijing often are in one of the four compass directions.

Ring Road

2nd Ring Road

Actually Beijing's first ring road, the 2nd Ring Road was built in the 1980s and expanded in the 1990s. It now forms a rectangular loop around central Beijing, an area that is roughly equivalent to the old city, which includes the four precincts: Dongcheng Qu (Eastern Urban Precinct), Xicheng Qu (Western Urban Precinct), Xuanwu Precinct and Chongwen Precinct. Its four sections begin at Xizhimen, Dongzhimen, Caihuying and Zuo'anmen.

2nd Ring Road

The 2nd Ring Road passes through very central parts of Beijing, and is directly above the Beijing Railway Station. The 2nd Ring Road of today is part of an extended ring road which takes the southern route through Zuo'anmen and Caihuying instead of Qianmen Road, just south of Tian'anmen.

3rd Ring Road

East 3rd Ring Road

The 3rd Ring Road was built in the 1980s and completed in the 1990s. It also is central, as it passes through Beijing's CBD and diplomatic communities. It is the ring road closest to the city to be directly interlinked with expressways -- the Airport Expressway, the Jingcheng Expressway (link under construction), the Badaling Expressway, the Jingshi Expressway, the Jingkai Expressway, and the Jingjintang Expressway.

4th Ring Road

NW 4th Ring Road

The 4th Ring Road was completed in 2001, around 8km from the center of Beijing. It connects the less central parts of Beijing and navigates through Zhongguancun technology hub, western Beijing, Fengtai District/Precinct, and eastern Beijing. The Jingshen Expressway and the Jingtong Expressway (as of Dawangqiao) begin from the 4th Ring Road.

5th Ring Road

NE 5th Ring Road

This ring road is further distant (around 10 km) from central Beijing, and links the suburban areas of Huantie, Shigezhuang, Dingfuzhuang and Ciqu. It also passes through the Beijing Development Area. It navigates through very barren land in the south before heading west toward the Fragrant Hills.

6th Ring Road

At present the most remote ring road from central Beijing (around 15-20 km), the 6th Ring Road was built in the 2000s and has just recently been completed. 130 km of expressway between the interchanges with Badaling Expressway and Jingshi Expressway, running clockwise, are open to the general motoring traffic. It is the only ring road to be interlinked with the equally remote Jingha Expressway.

This toll expressway ring road links Beijing with Shunyi District, Tongzhou District, Changping District and Daxing District.

Expressways

 

Nine toll expressways link Beijing to its suburbs, outlying regions, and other cities.

Badaling Expressway
The Badaling Expressway connects Beijing to the Badaling section of the Great Wall of China. It runs from Madian to Badaling and Yanqing for a total of nearly 70 kilometres. Parts of the expressway run through hilly terrain.

Route: Madian (N. 3rd Ring Road) - Jianxiang (N. 4th Ring Road) - Shangqing (N. 5th Ring Road) - Huilongguan - Beianhe - Shahe - Baige (N. 6th Ring Road) - Changping District - Nankou - Badaling - Yanqing - Jingzhang Expressway
Speed Limit: 100 km/h, hilly portion 60 km/h
Tolls: As of 5th Ring Road, heading northwest

Jingcheng Expressway
The Jingcheng Expressway runs to Chengde and is currently completed from the northeastern 3rd Ring Road through to Gaoliying for 23 kilometres. It is one of Beijing's newest expressways. The entire expressway is slated for a 2006 completion.

Jingcheng Expressway

Route: Taiyanggong Bridge (N. 3rd Ring Road) - Wanghe Bridge (N. 4th Ring Road) - Laiguangying (N. 5th Ring Road) - Huanggang - Yandan - Gaoliying (N. 6th Ring Road)
Speed Limit: 100 km/h throughout
Tolls: As of Jingcheng Rd. Toll Gate, heading north

Airport Expressway
Main article: Airport Expressway (Beijing)
The Airport Expressway to Beijing Capital International Airport runs for under 20 kilometres and is one of the most heavily-used expressways in Beijing. Despite this, traffic jams seem to be incredibly rare. However, Beijing authorities are planning two more expressways to link to the airport.

Airport Expressway

Route: Sanyuanqiao (N. 3rd Ring Road) - Siyuan Bridge (N. 4th Ring Road) - Dashanzi - N. 5th Ring Road - Beigao - Yanglin Road - Xiaotianzu Road - Beijing Capital International Airport
Speed Limit: Maximum 120 km/h throughout (left lane only, others 100 km/h)
Tolls: As of Beigao, heading northeast

Jingtong Expressway
Main article: Jingtong Expressway
The Jingtong Expressway runs through to Tongzhou district for approximately 15 kilometres. It has no numbered expressway exits (except for one at the very beginning in central Beijing) and functions mainly as a city express route.

Route: Dawang Bridge - E. 4th Ring Road - Gaobeidian - E. 5th Ring Road - Shuangqiao - Huicun - Tongzhou or Ximazhuang and Jingha Expressway
Speed Limit: 100 km/h throughout as of Gaobeidian until Huicun, otherwise 80 km/h
Tolls: As of Shuangqiao, heading east

Jingha Expressway
Main article: Jingha Expressway
The Jingha Expressway was planned to run to Harbin, but has apparently been abandoned as of Yanjiao, Hebei. It is a short and rather old expressway.

Jingha Expressway

Route: Beiguan Roundabout - E. 6th Ring Road - Baimiao - Yanjiao - China National Highway 102
Speed Limit: 90 km/h throughout
Tolls: As of E. 6th Ring Road, heading east

Jingshen Expressway
Main article: Jingshen Expressway
The Jingshen Expressway to Shenyang runs for 658 kilometres and is one of the longest expressways to leave Beijing.

Route: Sifang Bridge (E. 4th Ring Road) - Wufang Bridge (E. 5th Ring Road) - Bailu Toll Gate - E. 6th Ring Road - Xianghe (Hebei) - Baodi (Tianjin) - Yutian - Lulong - Beidaihe Area - Shanhaiguan - Shenyang
Speed Limit: 110 km/h throughout (Tianjin section: 120 km/h)
Tolls: As of Bailu Toll Gate, heading east

Jingjintang Expressway
Main article: Jingjintang Expressway
The Jingjintang Expressway (or Jingtang Expressway) heads for Tianjin and Tanggu. However, due to the heavy onslaught of lorry traffic, it can get jammed up at times.

Route: Fenzhongsi (E. 3rd Ring Road) - Shibalidian (E. 4th Ring Road) - Dayangfang (E. 5th Ring Road) - Toll Gate - Majuqiao (E. 6th Ring Road) - Caiyu - Langfang - Yangcun - Yixingbu - Central Tianjin - Tianjin Airport - Tanggu

Speed Limit: 110 km/h throughout (except for the start in Beijing - 70 km/h or 80 km/h)
Tolls: As of Dayangfang Toll Gate, heading south-east

Jingkai Expressway
Main article: Jingkai Expressway
The Jingkai Expressway heads for Kaifeng, but is interrupted as of Yufa, Beijing, where the Beijing section ends. It continues as China National Highway 106.

Jingkai Expressway

Route (Beijing section): Yuquanying (E. 3rd Ring Road) - Xinfadi - Majialou (E. 4th Ring Road) - Toll Gate - 5th Ring Road - Daxing - Huangcun (E. 6th Ring Road) - Panggezhuang - Yufa - China National Highway 106
Speed Limit: 80 km/h before the toll gate at Xihongmen, 110 km/h afterwards
Tolls: As of Xihongmen Toll Gate, heading south

Jingshi Expressway
Main article: Jingshi Expressway
The Jingshi Expressway to Shijiazhuang is one of the oldest expressways in Beijing. In fact, it was China's first completed expressway.

Jingshi Expressway

Route: Liuliqiao (W. 3rd Ring Road) - Yuegezhuang (W. 4th Ring Road) - Xidaokou - W. 5th Ring Road - Dujiakan Toll Gate - Zhaoxindian - Daxing - Liangxing (Fangshan) - 6th Ring Road - Doudian - Liulihe - Hebei Toll Gate - Zhuozhou - Dingxing - Baojin Expressway - Baoding - Shijiazhuang
Speed Limit: 110 km/h throughout Beijing section, 120 km/h thereafter
Tolls: As of Dujiakan Toll Gate, heading southwest
Note: Tolls are not networked, and you need to pay again at the toll gate in South Beijing. However, tolls are networked with the 6th Ring Road.

Beijing Subway

The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing municipality. With nine lines, 226.4 km of lines and 147 stations currently in operation and daily ridership averaging 3.565 million, it is the oldest and busiest subway in mainland China, and the second longest after the Shanghai Metro. Ridership set a daily record of 4.92 million on August 22, 2008. The existing network cannot adequately meet the city's mass transit needs and is undergoing rapid expansion. The newest line, Line 4, entered operation on September 28, 2009. The government's ¥4 trillion economic stimulus package has further accelerated subway construction. In addition to 7 lines already under construction, work is set to begin on 6 new lines in 2009, and the entire network will double in size to 420 km by 2012. Overall, plans call for 19 lines and 561 km of tracks in operation by 2015.

Currently, there are 6 lines of subway including Line 1, Line 2, Line 4, Line 5, Line 8 (Olympics Spur Line) ,Line 10,Line 13, Line L1 (Airport Line), Batong Line. Ticket Price: RMB 2 yuan(Except for Line L1). The transfer between each two lines is free of charge.

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Lines in Operation

Line 1

Line 1 bisects the city horizontally, running east-west in nearly a straight line beneath the grand Chang'an Avenue. It begins in Pingguoyuan, at the foot of the Western Hills in heart of the industrial Shijingshan District and runs west, past the Military Museum in Haidian District and the banking center of Xidan in Xicheng District before reaching Tiananmen Square in the heart of the city. After stops on either side of the Square, Line 1 continues east, passing major the shopping thoroughfares Wangfujing and Dongdan in Dongcheng District, before entering the Beijing CBD of Chaoyang District, where the Silk Street at Yonganli and office towers at Guomao attract large numbers of foreign visitors and expatriates. Line 1 terminates at Sihuidong, in a residential neighborhood just beyond the Fourth Ring Road, but passengers connecting to the Batong Line can head further east, to the suburban district of Tongzhou.

Current Line 1 stations: Pingguoyuan, Guchenglu, Bajiao Amusement Park, Babaoshan, Yuquanlu, Wukesong, Wanshoulu, Gongzhufen, Junshibowuguan, Muxidi, Nanlishilu, Fuxingmen (interchange to Line 2), Xidan, Tian'anmen West, Tian'anmen East, Wangfujing, Dongdan (interchange to Line 5), Jianguomen (interchange to Line 2), Yong'anli, Guomao, Dawanglu, Sihui (interchange to Batong Line) and Sihuidong (interchange to Batong Line).

Rolling stock maintenance facilities are located at Guchenglu and Sihui.

Batong Line

The Batong Line, extends Line 1 from Sihui, a highway cloverleaf in Chaoyang District to Tuqiao in the eastern suburban district of Tongzhou. The line derives its name from the first characters of Bawangfan, the neighborhood name for Sihui, and Tongzhou. The Batong Line is completely above ground and runs mostly in the median of the Jingtong Expressway.

Current Batong Line stations: Sihui (interchange to Line 1), Sihuidong (interchange to Line 1), Gaobeidian, Broadcasting Institute, Shuangqiao, Guanzhuang, Baliqiao, Tongzhoubeiyuan, Guoyuan, Jiukeshu, Liyuan, Linheli and Tuqiao.

The rolling stock maintenance facility is located at Tuqiao. Line 2 (Loop Line)

Line 2 runs in a rectangular loop around the city centre, tracing the Ming Dynasty inner city wall, which was demolished and paved over by the 2nd Ring Road and Qianmen Avenue. The entire line runs underground. Twelve of the eighteen stations are named after city gates. These stations end in men (meaning gate) with two in the north (Deshengmen, Andingmen), three each in the east (Dongzhimen, Chaoyangmen, Jianguomen) and west (Xizhimen, Fuchengmen, Fuxingmen), and four in the south (Xuanwumen, Hepingmen, Qianmen, Chongwenmen). Line 2 encircles the old city center districts of Dongcheng and Xicheng and skirts the northern of edges of Chongwen and Xuanwu.

Current Line 2 stations: Xizhimen (interchange with Line 13, Chegongzhuang, Fuchengmen, Fuxingmen (interchange with Line 1), Changchunjie, Xuanwumen, Hepingmen, Qianmen, Chongwenmen, Beijing Railway Station, Jianguomen (interchange with Line 1), Chaoyangmen, Dongsishitiao, Dongzhimen (interchange with Line 13), Yonghegong (interchange with Line 5), Andingmen, Guloudajie and Jishuitan.

The rolling stock maintenance facility is located at Taipinghu, near Jishuitan station.

Line 4

Line 4 of the Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail line in Beijing. It entered operation on September 28, 2009, and runs from north to south, parallel and to the west of Line 5, through Haidian, Xicheng, Xuanwu and Fengtai Districts in the western half of the city. The new line is 28.2 km long with 24 stations.

In the north, Line 4 begins in Anheqiao, just beyond the Summer Palace and heads south past the Old Summer Palace, through the university district and Zhongguancun, Beijing's high-tech silicon village, before turning east at the National Library of China and passing the Beijing Zoo en route to Xizhimen. After entering the 2nd Ring Road at Xizhimen, Line 4 resumes southwards at Xinjiekou and traverses the old city through Xisi, Xidan, Xuanwumen, Caishikou, and Taoranting Park. It passes the city's high-speed rail link at the Beijing South Railway Station before reaching the terminus at Gongyixiqiao. Construction began 2004 but delays have pushed back the opening date by two years to September 28, 2009.


Line 5

On a map, Line 5 runs vertically (north-south), beginning with three stops in the far northern suburb of Tiantongyuan in Changping District, well beyond the 5th Ring Road, then crossing Line 13 at Lishuiqiao, and entering into the vast residential swaths of Chaoyang District on either side of the Yuan dynasty city wall. It skirts east of the Temple of Earth and meets Line 2 Loop at the Yonghegong, also known as the Lama Temple. Then Line 5 cuts through the old neighborhoods of Dongcheng District and the old foreign Legation Quarter between Dongdan and Chongwenmen. Further south, Line 5 stops at the eastern entrance to the Temple of Heaven in Chongwen District and eventually reaches Songjiazhuang in Fengtai District south of the city. It takes 49 minutes to cover all the 23 stations. The Zhang Zizhong Street station, named after a general martyred in World War Two, is the only eponymous station of the Beijing Subway.

Line 5 stations: Tiantongyuanbei (Tiantongyuan North), Tiantongyuan, Tiantongyuannan (Tiantongyuan South), Lishuiqiao (Lishui Bridge)(interchange with Line 13), Lishuiqiaonan (Lishui Bridge South), Beiyuanlubei (Beiyuan Road North), Datunludong (Datun Road East), Huixinxijiebeikou (Huixin West Street North Intersection), Huixinxijienankou ((Huixin West Street South Intersection) (interchange with Line 10), Hepingxiqiao, Hepinglibeijie (Hepingli North Street), Yonghegong (Yonghe Lamasery)(interchange with Line 2), Beixinqiao, Zhangzizhonglu (Zhang Zizhong Road), Dongsi, Dengshikou, Dongdan (interchange with Line 1), Chongwenmen (interchange with Line 2), Ciqikou, Tiantan Dongmen (Temple of Heaven East Gate), Puhuangyu, Liujiayao, Songjiazhuang (interchange with Line 10).

Line 13

Line 13 arcs across north of the city centre and connects residential suburbs in Haidian and Chaoyang Districts with the 2nd Ring Road and Line 2 at Xizhimen and Dongzhimen. Most of the tracks and stations are located on the surface or elevated above ground. From Xizhimen, Line 13 heads northwest into the university district with bustling stops in Wudaokou and Zhichunlu before turning northeast and eastward, following the Beijing-Baotou rail line, before reaching Beiyuan where it curls southwest onto the Beijing Chengde Expressway to Dongzhimen.

Current Line 13 stations: Xizhimen (interchange to Line 2), Dazhongsi, Zhichunlu, Wudaokou, Shangdi, Xi'erqi, Longze, Huilongguan, Huoying, Lishuiqiao (interchange to Line 5), Beiyuan, Wangjingxi, Shaoyaoju, Guangximen, Liufang and Dongzhimen (interchange to Line 2).

The rolling stock maintenance facility is located at Huilongguan.

Line 8 (Olympics Spur Line)

Line 8 is planned to be built in three phases. The first phase is the 4.53 km Olympic Spur Line, which will connect the Olympic village with Line 10, north of the city. It will run from Beitucheng to Senlingongyuan. Construction began in 2004 and the spur is scheduled to open on June 30, 2008.

Phase I stations: Beitucheng, Olympic Park, Olympic Center, Forest Park. Phase II will extend Line 8 northward past Line 13. The Changping District government has commenced land clearing for Line 8's extension. Phase III will extend the line southward through the city center to the southern 4th Ring Road.

Line 10

Line 10 will begin at Bagou near Wanliu Park in Haidian District and run straight east, following the northern section of the Mongol city wall, before turning south along the 3rd Ring Road. It will connect the university district and Zhongguancun in Haidian with the embassy district and Beijing CBD in Chaoyang District. The first phase, 24.68 km in length, with 22 stations will end at Jinsong, just south of Guomao. Construction began in December 2003 and the first phase is scheduled to open by the end of June 2008. A trip from Wanliu to Jinsong is expected to take 40 minutes.

Planned stations in the first phase (starting from the north west): Bagou, Suzhoujie, Haidian Huangzhuang, Zhizhunli, Zhichunlu (interchange to Line 13), Xitucheng, Mudanyuan, Jiandemen, Beitucheng (interchange to Line 8), Anzhenmen, Huixinxijie Nankou (interchange to Line 5), Shaoyaoju (interchange to Line 13), Taiyanggong, Sanyuanqiao (interchange to Airport Line), Liangmaqiao, Nongye Zhanlanguan (Agricultural Exposition Hall), Tuanjiehu, Hujialou, Jintaixizhao, Guomao (interchange to Line 1), Shuangjing, Jinsong.

After the Olympic Games, Phase II of construction will extend Line 10 further south from Jinsong to Songjiazhuang in Fengtai District, where it be linked to Line 5. Construction on Phase II began on December 9, 2007. Eventually, Line 10 will follow the southern and western 3rd Ring Road and form a second loop line with 45 stations in all with 24 transfer points to other subway and light rail lines.

Line L1 (Airport Line)

Airport Line is an express rail link that will run from Dongzhimen to the Beijing Capital International Airport northeast of the city. The line will have a 4 km underground section and 23 km of elevated track. It will have only four stops: Dongzhimen (with interchanges to Lines 2 and 13), Sanyuanqiao (interchange to Line 10), and Aiport Terminals 2 and 3. Construction began in 2005. The link is scheduled to open on June 30, 2008.

Fares

A flat fare of RMB(￥) 2.00 with unlimited transfers applies throughout the metro system. This flat fare will also apply to all future lines except the planned Airport Line.

All lines now collect fares through an automatic fare collection system (AFC) that accepts electronic tickets and the Beijing SuperPass or Yikatong, an integrated circuit card (ICC card) for commuters. Riders can purchase electronic tickets and add credit to Yikatong at ticket counters in every station. Yikatong is also accepted on many city bus

Beijing Taxi

Taking a taxi is the most convenient way for visitors to travel around the metropolis of Beijing.

The charge of taxi service in Beijing differs according to the time of day. In daytime, the flag-down rate is 10 Yuan (1.46 U.S. dollars) for the first three km and two Yuan per km for the remainder of the journey. If the trip is longer than 15 km, the charge rises to three Yuan per km. At nighttime (11 p.m. to 5 a.m.), the flag-down rate is 11 Yuan for the first three km, and the charge for travel over three km is 2.4 Yuan per km, and 3.4 Yuan per km for a journey of over 15 km.   Currently, due to the rise in gas price, extra gas fee is charged for any journey.

Although there are 67,000 taxis operating in every corner of the city, you still have difficulties in getting a taxi in raining, snowing, or in the middle of the night or in early morning.

Due to the traffic in Beijing, taxis charge not only according  to their meter, but also for waiting time in traffic, driving at  night and distance for driving without a passenger. For every accumulated five minutes of waiting time you will be charged an additional one-km fee.

Therefore for an English speaker, it would be confusing to understand this charging rule if the taxi driver could not explain this to you in English.

Although government declares that most of taxi driver speak some English, the fact is that, the taxi driver, in order to obtain the taxi permit, learns taxi driver English with Chinese character and quickly forget almost all the examination English after they obtain the permit.

Beijing Bus

There are more than 500 bus routes in the city. Basically, you can travel to any destination by using its huge but complex bus system.

Bus Lines:

Bus lines in Beijing are numbered from 1 to 999. Line numbers in different range means different service areas as follows.

Lines 1-199: Services in inner city. For most travelers, these lines are adequate for their visits.

Lines 200-299: Night services in inner city.

Lines 300-399: Services in outer city / suburb. Travelers should take these lines for their visits to some remote places such as the Summer Palace.

Lines 400-599: Community services/ service to outer city or suburbs.

Lines 600-799: Services with routes both in inner city and outer city. Usually these lines have longer routes.

Lines 800-899: Air-conditioned services.

Lines 900-999: Services from inner city to rural area. Travelers can take these services to remote places such as the Great Wall.

Bus fares

Beijing has introduced a simplified and reduced bus fare system from Jan 1, 2007 as follows.

Lines Pay by cash Pay by smart card  (yikatong in Chinese Pinyin)
1-199 1 RMB flat rate 0.4 RMB flat rate
200-299 2 RMB flat rate 0.4 RMB flat rate
300-499 1 RMB for first 12km, 0.5 RMB for each additional 5km. 0.4 RMB flat rate
500-899 1 RMB for first 12km, 0.5 RMB for each additional 5km. 0.4 RMB for first 12km, 0.2 RMB for each additional 5km.
900-999 1 RMB for first 10km, 0.5 RMB for each additional 5km. 0.8 RMB for first 10km, 0.4 RMB for each additional 5km

Nowadays in Beijing, fixed price at RMB 1 is charged for a public bus numbered within 200, Traffic Cards are also accepted. Buses numbered between 300 and 599 charge by distance, i.e. RMB 1 for a ride within 12 (including 12) kilometers, and RMB 0.5 is accumulated for every additional 5 kilometers. Please make it clear that some buses have "Partial Route", "Branch" or "Extend" after their numbers.

Travel Card

There are three types of short-term travel cards: 3-Day Card valued RMB 10 which can be used for 18 times within 3 days; 7-Day Card valued RMB 20 which can be used for 42 times within 7 days and; 15-Day Card valued RMB 40 which can be used for 90 times within 15 days. Applicant should pay a RMB 20 deposit while buying a travel card. When returning a card, only deposit is refunded, neither the left times nor cash is returnable. A short-term travel card has no photograph and is not limited to the applicant. A short-term travel card is only valid for ordinary buses. Duration of the card starts from the moment of buying, and the first day ends at 23:59 of the same day.

Bus information hotline: 96166

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Beijing Transport

Beijing, the capital of China and a well-known historical city of the world, is the center of China’s politics, economy, transportation and culture. Up to the end of 2007, the city’s permanent resident population reached 16.33 million, with an urban area of 87.1 square kilometers. The city enjoys a widespread transport network of highways, railways, airlines and public transit. Urban roads The city’s old urban area (within the 2nd Ring Road) is of a chessboard pattern, combining with horizontal and vertical roads. In the outer city, the road pattern is circular and radial. The city’s projected highway traffic network is comprised of five ring roads (the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Ring Roads) and 15 high-speed connecting lines.  By the end of 2007, Beijing’s highway had reached 20,754 kilometers, of which 628 kilometers were expressways, 768 kilometers were first class roads, 2,799 kilometers second class roads, 4267 kilometers third class roads and, 12,073 kilometers fourth class roads. Highways in the eight urban districts reached 4,460 kilometers, of which 236 kilometers were expressways, 960 kilometers were trunk lines, 694 kilometers sub-trunk lines and 2,570 kilometers side roads and resident area roads. Conditions of motor vehicles and drivers By the end of 2007, the city’s total volume of motor vehicles hit 3.13 million, of which 2.36 million were private motor vehicles; 5.48 million were non-motor vehicles, of which, 4.61 million were bicycles and 470,000 were electric bicycles; drivers number hit 4.55 million.    Traffic facilities Beijing’s traffic facilities have continued to grow in these years. By the end of 2007, the city had installed 120,052 traffic signs and 2,747 traffic lights. Traffic marks had reached 13,432 kilometers, 513,738 meters of guardrail had been set up, 217 kilometers of lane had been set specially for public transit use, and 4,847 commercial parking lots had been set up and could accommodate 1,073,886 motor vehicles.   Public transit Beijing has 900 to 1,000 public traffic routes for tramcars, air-cooled buses and double-deckers. Most of the motor vehicles use low-emission liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas. In 2005, Beijing completed the renewal of buses and tramcars. Now Beijing’s public transit is the busiest one in the world and transports the largest number of passengers. Traffic control To realize the goal of making Beijing’s traffic management among the most advanced in the world and first class in China, the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau, under the general framework of intelligent traffic control, sticks to the concept of “with demand as orientation, with application as core, with management as guarantee, with innovation as precondition, with quality as the foundation,” and has carried out in a comprehensive manner the programming and construction of an intelligent traffic management system. Now the intelligent traffic management system has been initially completed whose core is based on the data center, and is supported by three platforms of traffic command, information management and information release. Thus modernization in traffic control, digitalization in management, networking in information and automation in office work have been achieved. The establishment of an intelligent traffic control system has greatly enhanced the capacity in macro traffic control, traffic command and coordination in face of emergency, and has promoted the tremendous development of the overall level of traffic management, and has played an extremely important role in improving traffic order, ensuring traffic safety, alleviating traffic jams and constructing a harmonious traffic environment. Detailed Information on Handling Traffic Accidents    1．Authority of handling traffic accidents According to the Traffic Safety Law of P. R. of China, the traffic control department is responsible for handling traffic accidents in its jurisdictional area. Traffic accidents occurred in Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chongwen, Xuanwu, Chaoyang, Haidian, Fengtai, Shijingshan, Fangshan, Changping and Tongzhou are handled by the 11 traffic branches under BTMB separately; Traffic accidents in Shunyi, Pinggu, Huairou, Miyun, Yanqing, Mentougou, Daxing, Airport and Yizhuang Economic Development Region, by traffic branches and teams under the above nine districts and counties separately. The department of accidents or the groups on duty of the above branches or teams undertake the specific handling. 2．The first principle for people involved in a traffic accident According to Article 70 (1) of the Traffic Safety Law of P. R. of China, when a traffic accident occurs, the driver should stop driving immediately and protect the spot. The first important thing for a driver involved in a traffic accident is to stop driving and protect the accident spot for treatment whether the loss is big or not. 3．Handling traffic accident of no personal injuries or deaths According to Article 70 (2) (3) of the Traffic Safety Law of P. R. of China, when a traffic accident occurs that causes no personal injuries or deaths and people involved have no dispute over the facts of, and reasons leading to, the accident, people involved could leave the spot to let traffic return to normal and discuss penalty on their own; in case the concerned parties do not wish to leave the spot and wish to discuss the penalty on the spot, they should report to traffic police or management department immediately. In case the traffic accident causes minor loss and has clear evidence, people concerned should leave the spot first and then negotiate the handling. Beijing Public Security Bureau formulated the Notice on Quick Treatment on Traffic Accident based on the Traffic Safety Law of P. R. of China. Article 2 in the Notice stipulates: quick treatment of traffic accident refers to traffic police handling traffic accident by simple procedures or people concerned handle the accident themselves. Accident of minor material losses or light personal injuries can be handled by one policeman through simple procedures. People concerned can handle traffic accident themselves when the accident involves, but does not handicap the vehicles. In case the traffic accident falls under Article 8(34) (non-driver), (35) (drunk driving), (36) (unilateral accident), then it shall not be handled by the parties themselves. 4．Treatment of traffic accident that causes injuries or deaths According to Article 70 (1) of the Traffic Safety Law of P. R. of China, any traffic accident that causes injuries or deaths, driver involved should help the injured and report the accident to traffic police or traffic control department immediately. In case the scene gets changed due to rescue work, the positions should be indicated. Passengers, passing drivers or pedestrian should give help. The driver, who causes the injuries or deaths, should report to police (alarm call 122, emergency call 120 and 999) and protect the scene. In case the accident spot is in an out-of-way area or there is no telephone nearby, but the injured people must be treated at once, and in case no other vehicle can be used to carry the injured to hospital, the vehicles involved in the accident can be used for rescue purpose. However, before leaving the spot, clear marks should be made to indicate the positions of the vehicles and injured by using convenient objects such as stones, bricks or lime. 　 5．Treatment of hit-and-run case of accidents Passengers, passing drivers and pedestrians should call alarm telephone 122 immediately if there is a hit-and-run accident. According to Article 71 of the Traffic Safety Law of P. R. of China, eyewitnesses and any person with related information should report the accident to traffic control department or police. If the report is proven true, the traffic control department will award the reporter. 6．Self-protection measures after traffic accidents According to Article 52 of the Traffic Safety Law of P. R. of China, when a vehicle needs to stop due to a breakdown, the driver should turn on the alarm light at once and park the vehicle at a place that blocks no traffic; in case the vehicle cannot be moved, the alarm light should be kept flashing and alarm device be placed toward the direction of coming vehicles to extend the alarm distance, if necessary, report to the police at once. According to Article 68 of the Traffic Safety Law of P. R. of China, when a vehicle has a breakdown, alarm sign should be put 150-meter away from it toward the coming vehicle direction, passengers should move to the road shoulder on the right side or to the emergency lane and report to police at once. The vehicle should be removed or towed. According to Article 60 of the Traffic Safety Law of P. R. of China, when a vehicle blocks traffic due to breakdown or traffic accident and cannot be moved, it should flash the alarm light and place alarm device 50-100 meters away from the rear, when in night, should turn on the outline light and rear light. 7．Treatment in case people involved have no disputes on the accidents According to Article 86 of the Traffic Safety Law of P. R. of China, when a traffic accident occurs between vehicles or between vehicle and non-vehicle, if people concerned, having no disputes on the accident reason and fact, can leave the spot and self negotiate the damage compensation after recording the time, place, names of people concerned, contact numbers, vehicle board numbers, driver’s license numbers, insurance certificate numbers and collision sections, as well as after signing the papers. If the people concerned have disputes on the reason and fact of the accident, they should report to police at once. According to Article 87 of the Implement Measures on the Traffic Safety Law of P. R. of China, if a traffic accident occurs between non vehicles or non-vehicle and pedestrian, causes no personal injuries, and has clear basic facts and reasons, people concerned should leave the spot first and then self handle the damage compensation; If people concerned have disputes on the reasons and facts of the accident, they should report to police at once. According to the Notice on Quick Treatment on Traffic Accident, if both concerned parties have no disputes on the facts and reasons of the accident, they can leave the spot and self negotiate the damage compensation; in case the damage is not big and the basic fact is clear, the concerned parties should leave the spot first and then negotiate the treatment; in case the parties concerned handle the accident by themselves, they should record the accident before leaving the spot; in case the people concerned do not leave the spot at once or only one person engages in the accident, the accident should be reported to traffic police or traffic control department at once for handling. In case the people concerned report the accident to traffic police or traffic control department and   leave the spot, but fail to negotiate on damage compensation, the police can practice a quick treatment according to simple procedures contained in the Notice. 8．Treatment in case there is dispute on accident facts When there is a dispute on accident facts between the parties, they should protect the accident spot and report to traffic police at once for treatment. Moreover, they shall also guarantee self safety. 9．Treatment in case one side of the accident backs out after leaving the spot When leaving the spot, in case the people concerned have no dispute on the accident facts but cannot agree on damage compensation, they can apply a civil action to the local people’s court with the Agreement of Self-Treatment of Traffic Accident, or report to police for treatment at once. When leaving the spot, in case the people concerned have disputes on the accident facts, they should report to police for treatment at once. 10．Treatment in case mediation is required by people concerned When people concerned require traffic police’s mediation on an accident, the traffic police can identify the damages, the erring side and the compensation on the spot. If the people concerned reach an agreement, the traffic police shall record it on the Paper of Simple Treatment of Traffic Accident; the people concerned sign the record and be given the record on the spot. If the people concerned dispute on the identification of the accident and disagree with the mediation of traffic police, as well as refuse to sign on the Paper of Simple Treatment of Traffic Accident, the traffic police should record the condition on the Paper and give it to the people concerned on the spot. If a mediation fails or the people concerned do not carry out the agreement, the people concerned can apply a civil action to a people’s court and take the Paper of Simple Treatment of Traffic Accident as an evidence. 11.  In case the accident facts are clear and no personal injuries incurred, people concerned should protect the spot and report to police for treatment immediately. People concerned should protect the spot and report to the police at once under any of the following circumstances: 1). The vehicle has no registration number, no sign of qualification certificate and no insurance sign; 2). The driver has no driver’s license; 3). The driver drunk drives, or under influence of psycho or anaesthetic drugs which are under government control; 4). Subject to Article 70 (2) of the Traffic Safety Law of P. R. of China, the people concerned have disputes on the facts or reasons of the accident; 5). The vehicle is unremovable itself; 6). The vehicle collides with buildings, public or other facilities. 12．In case traffic police do not mediate The traffic police may not mediate, but should record relevant condition on the Paper of Simple Treatment of Traffic Accident and send the Paper to the people concerned under any of the following circumstances: 1). The people concerned cannot provide traffic accident evidence and the police cannot identify the accident due to scene altered; 2). The people concerned dispute over the accident identification; 3). The people concerned do not agree to have police mediation; 4). The people concerned refuse to sign on the Paper of Simple Treatment of the Traffic Accident. 　　 13. Treatment in case the injured in accident do not have enough fund for medical treatment Even if the injured people or driver do not have enough fund for medical treatment, the medical department still must treat the injured people at the same time when the traffic control department informs the insurance company or the management office of social salvage fund to make payment. 14．People concerned should notice following items when signing on the spot drawing of the accident The spot drawing paper of the traffic accident is the record made by police after spot investigation. When people concerned are asked to sign on the spot drawing paper, they must check the correctness of the drawing, and ask for explanation if it is unclear, and ask for re-investigation if difference between the spot and the drawing exists. With convincing explanation received and difference removed, the people concerned should sign on the drawing paper. In case the people concerned refuse to sign on the spot drawing paper without reason, the traffic police can record the condition on the drawing paper and such drawing paper has the effect of evidence.

Commonly used Address & Tel

A.Traffic Management Department Beijing Traffic Management Bureau Address: No.1 Fuchengmen North St, Xicheng Dist, Beijing, 100037 Tel: 86-10-122 The Foreign Affairs Department of Beijing Motor Vehicle Administration Address: No.18 Southeast 4th ring, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100023 Tel: 86-10-87625150 B.Exit and Entry Management Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Address: No. 2, Chaoyangmen Nandajie, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100701 Tel: 86-10-65961114 Exit and Entry Management Section, Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau No.2, Dongdajie, Andingmen, Dongcheng District, Beijing Tel: 86-10-84020101 (24-hour automatic inquiry) Manual Inquiry 8:30-12:00 13:00-17:00 Beijing Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau Address: No.6, Tianshuiyuan St, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100026 Tel: 86-10-58619900 C.Driving Training School for Foreigner, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan Compatriot and Overseas Chinese Oriental Fashion Driving Training School: automobile training Tel: 86-10-58061999 Add: Luhua West Road, Huang Cun, Daxing Dist. Fengshun Driving Training Center: automobile training Tel: 86-10-63819435 Add: No.168 Xiju South St. West Third-Ring Road, South, Fengtai Dist. Shenghua Driving Training School: automobile and motorcycle training Tel: 86-10-67372117 Add: Wangsiying Village, Chaoyang Dist. Laoshan Driving Training School: motorcycle training Tel: 86-10-68862551 Add: No.15 Laoshan West St. Shijingshan Dist D.Address of Driving License Test for Holding Foreign Driving License Address of traffic safety code test: foreign affairs dept. Computer test, total 100 questions, one mark for each question, at least 90 marks to pass, can use Chinese, English, Russian, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Spanish. Address of dring test: Shenghua Driving Training School Material offer of traffic safety code test: FESCO Add: Third floor, Foreign Enterprise Service Building, No.14 Chaoyangmen, South St. Chaoyang Dist. Tel: 86-10-85616663

 

     

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Registration of Temporary Entry Vehicles

A. Vehicle verification and inspection 1. The applicant shall submit the certificate of Chinese host department. 2. Address of the procedures: Beijing Jiaoan Beiyuan Vehicle Inspection Center B. Registration of temporary entry vehicle 1. Registration place: Foreign Management Office of Traffic Management Department, Beijing Public Security Bureau 2. The applicant shall submit the following documents: a. The Application Form of Temporary Entry Vehicle’s Number plate and Driver’s license, which shall be filled out in Chinese; b. The qualified safety inspection certificate of the vehicle and its Chinese version; c. The original registration certificate of the vehicle and its Chinese version; d. The entry permit of the vehicle issued by Chinese Customs; e. The certificate from the Chinese host organization issued to applicants who are on organized visits, participants in games or other activities; f. The third page of the Chinese Temporary Compulsory Traffic Insurance, which shall meet the time limit of the entry; g. The temporary entry vehicle’s number plate and driver’s ID for exit and entry; h. The entrusted certificate offered by relevant the Chinese host department and the ID of the agency. C. The term of the procedures Shall be completed in three days from the application date.

Application of Temporary Entry Driver’s Permit

A. The temporary arrived foreigner can drive his own vehicle or rent a Chinese vehicle. B. The vehicle size shall be the permitted temporary vehicles. a. The size of the temporary permitted vehicle shall meet the original driver’s license scope or be consistent with the original deriver’s license of the applicant. b. If the vehicle is rented in China, the temporary driver’s license shall be limited to a sedan, manual or automatic transmission. c. Procedures of license application of temporary entry drivers 1) Place of application: Foreign Management Office of Traffic Management Department, Beijing Public Security Bureau 2). The applicant shall submit the following documents: (a) The Application Form of Temporary Entry Vehicle’s Number plate and Driver’s license, which shall be filled out in Chinese; (b) ID certificate; (c) The Chinese version of Foreign Driver’s Certificate issued overseas; (d) The Driver’s Health Certificate issued by the appointed medical department of Health Bureau; (e) The certificate of the Chinese host organization issued to applicants who are on organized visits, participants or other activities; (f) Shall offer 3 recent copies of one inch color photo (half-length, bareheaded, full-faced photo) (g) If the vehicle is self-supplied by the applicant, shall submit the temporary driver’s license; (h) An entrusted certificate offered by relevant Chinese host department and the ID of the agency. C. The term of the procedures It shall be completed within three days from the application date.

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Law of the People's Republic of China on Road Traffic Safety

(Adopted at the 5th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress on October 28, 2003 and promulgated by Order No.8 of the President of the People’s Republic of China on October 28, 2003) Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 This Law is enacted with a view to maintaining road traffic order, taking precautions against and reducing traffic accidents, protecting personal safety, safeguarding the safety of property and other lawful rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, and increasing passage efficiency. Article 2 Within the territory of the People's Republic of China, the drivers of vehicles, pedestrians, passengers and the units and individuals involved in road traffic activities shall observe this Law. Article 3 Work for road traffic safety shall be carried out in adherence to the principles of conducting administration according to law and making things convenient to the masses, to guarantee good order, safety and unimpeded flow of road traffic. Article 4 People's governments at various levels shall guarantee that the administrative work for road traffic safety fits with the economic and social development. In order to meet the needs of road traffic development, all local people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the laws and regulations on road traffic safety and the relevant policies of the State, work out administration plans for road traffic safety, and take charge of their implementation. Article 5 The department for public security under the State Council shall be in charge of the administrative work for road traffic safety nationwide. The traffic control department of the public security organs under the local people's governments at or above the county level shall be in charge of the administrative work for road traffic safety within their respective administrative areas. The traffic control departments and the construction administration departments under the people's governments at or above the county level shall be in charge of relevant road traffic work in compliance with their respective duties. Article 6 People's governments at various levels shall conduct regular education in road traffic safety so as to enhance citizens' awareness of the importance of road traffic safety. When performing their duties, traffic control departments of the public security organs and their traffic policemen shall give more publicity to the laws and regulations on road traffic safety, and observe such laws and regulations in an exemplary way. Government departments, armed units, enterprises, institutions, public associations and other organizations shall offer education in road traffic safety to their own members. Administrative departments of education and schools shall incorporate education in road traffic safety into education in the legal system. The news media and publishing, radio and TV, and other relevant institutions shall have the duty to conduct education in road traffic safety. Article 7 Scientific research in administrative work for road traffic safety shall be promoted, and advanced administration methods, technology and equipment shall be used on a wide scale. Chapter II Vehicles and Drivers Section 1 Motor Vehicles and Non-motor vehicles Article 8 The State practises a registration system for motor vehicles. A motor vehicle shall be driven on roads only after it is registered with the traffic control department of a public security organ. Where a motor vehicle is not yet registered but needs to be driven on roads temporarily, a temporary pass shall be obtained. Article 9 The following certificates and vouchers shall be submitted for application for the registration of a motor vehicle: (1) certificate of identification of the owner of the vehicle; (2) certificate of the manner in which the vehicle is obtained; (3) certificate of outgoing quality for the whole vehicle or certificate of import license for the vehicle imported; (4) payment receipt of vehicle purchase tax or duty free certificate; and (5) other certificates or vouchers to be submitted as required by the provisions of laws and administrative regulations for registration of motor vehicles. The traffic control department of a public security organ shall finish the examination for registration of a motor vehicle within five working days from the date it receives the application and shall, if the conditions provided for in the proceeding paragraph are met, issue the registration certificate, number plate and license for the vehicle; and if the said conditions are not met, the department shall explain the reasons why the vehicle is not to be registered. Units and individuals, other than the traffic control departments of the public security organs, shall not issue number plates for motor vehicles or require that other plates are used, except where otherwise provided for by this Law. Designs for the registration certificate, number plate and license for motor vehicles shall be drawn up and made under the supervision of the department for public security under the State Council. Article 10 Motor vehicles permitted for registration shall conform to the State safety and technical standards for them. A motor vehicle for the registration of which an application is submitted shall undergo safety and technical inspection. However, with respect to those models of motor vehicles which are manufactured by enterprises confirmed, in accordance with the State safety and technical standards for motor vehicles, by the government department in charge of the products of motor vehicles, if the new vehicles of such models meet the said standards upon inspection conducted before they leave the plant and the certificates of inspection of quality are granted, they shall be exempted from safety and technical inspection. Article 11 A motor vehicle running on roads shall be hung with its number plate and stuck with the inspection certificate and the insurance label, accompanied by the motor vehicle license. Number plates shall be hung in accordance with relevant regulations, kept clear and intact; and they shall not purposely be covered, stained or damaged. No units or individuals shall confiscate or distrain the number plates of motor vehicles. Article 12 Registration shall be needed in one of the following circumstances: (1) when ownership of a motor vehicle is transferred; (2) when alterations are made in the registration of a motor vehicle; (3) when a motor vehicle is mortgaged; and (4) when a motor vehicle is scrapped. Article 13 Once a motor vehicle begins to be run on roads after registration, it shall, in accordance with the provisions of laws and administrative regulations, undergo regular safety and technical inspection, in terms of its designed purpose of use, quantity of passengers and goods, service life, etc. Where the motor vehicle license and the certificate of the compulsory third party liability insurance on the vehicle are provided, the authority for motor vehicle safety and technical inspection shall inspect the vehicle; and no units shall add other conditions. If the vehicle conforms to the State safety and technical standards, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall issue the sticker of the inspection certificate. The safety and technical inspection of motor vehicles shall be socialized. Specific measures in this regard shall be formulated by the State Council. In places where motor vehicle safety and technical inspection is socialized, no units shall require that motor vehicles are inspected at designated places. Traffic control departments of the public security organs and the authority for motor vehicle safety and technical inspection shall not require that motor vehicles are maintained or serviced at designated places. The authority for motor vehicle safety and technical inspection shall collect fees for such inspection strictly in accordance with the rates approved by the department for pricing under the State Council. Article 14 The State practises the compulsory system for scrapping motor vehicles, under which different criteria for scrapping the vehicles shall be established on the basis of the safety and technical conditions and the different purposes of use of the motor vehicles. Registration of the motor vehicles shall be cancelled as soon as they are scrapped. Motor vehicles that reach the criteria for scrapping shall not run on roads. The large passenger cars, trucks and other commercial vehicles that are scrapped shall be disintegrated under the supervision of the traffic control departments of the public security organs. Article 15 Different signs for police vans, fire engines, ambulances and engineering rescue vehicles shall, in accordance with relevant regulations, be sprayed or painted on them, and these vehicles shall be installed with alarm sirens and signal lights. No signs specially for the vehicles mentioned above or anything similar to such signs shall be sprayed or painted on other motor vehicles, and no alarm sirens or signal lights specially for the said vehicles or anything similar to such sirens or lights shall be installed on them or used. Police vans, fire engines, ambulances and engineering rescue vehicles shall be used strictly in accordance with their specified purposes of use and conditions. The vehicles specially used for highway supervision and inspection shall be equipped with unified signs and warning lights in accordance with the provisions of the Highway Law. Article 16 No units or individuals shall do the following: (1) assembling motor vehicles or altering the registered composition, structure or features of motor vehicles without authorization; (2) changing the models of motor vehicles, their engine number, chassis number or the identification code of the vehicles; (3) falsifying or counterfeiting or using falsified or counterfeited certificates of registration, number plates, licenses, stickers of the inspection certificates or insurance labels of motor vehicles; or (4) using the certificates of registration, number plates, licenses, stickers of the inspection certificates or insurance labels of other motor vehicles. Article 17 The State practises the system of the compulsory third party liability insurance for motor vehicles and establishes the social relief fund for road traffic accidents. Specific measures in this regard shall be formulated by the State Council. Article 18 Non-motor vehicles required for registration according to law shall run on roads only after they are registered with the traffic control departments of the public security organs. The types of non-motor vehicles required for registration according to law shall be specified by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government in light of the actual local conditions. The external size, quality, brake, handle-bar bell and night reflectors of a non-motor vehicle shall be in conformity with the safety and technical standards for non-motor vehicles. Section 2 Drivers of Motor Vehicles Article 19 To drive a motor vehicle, one shall obtain a motor vehicle driver's license according to law. An applicant for motor vehicle driver's license shall meet the requirements for driver's license specified by the department for public security under the State Council; and after passing the examination, the applicant shall be issued by the traffic control department of the public security organ the driver's license commensurate with the type of the motor vehicle. A person holding a motor vehicle driver's license of another country who meets the requirements for driver's license specified by the department for public security under the State Council and passes the examination by the traffic control department of the public security organ shall be issued a Chinese motor vehicle driver's license. The driver shall drive the approved type of motor vehicle clearly stated in the driver's license; and when driving a motor vehicle, he shall keep the driver's license handy. No units or individuals, except the traffic control departments of the public security organs, shall confiscate or suspend motor vehicle driver's licenses. Article 20 Training of motor vehicle drivers shall be socialized. The competent traffic control department shall exercise control of the qualifications of the drivers training schools and classes, among which the qualifications of the ones specially for training tractor drivers shall be under the control of the department of agriculture (agricultural machinery). Drivers training schools and classes shall, strictly in accordance with the relevant regulations of the State, provide their trainees with the training in laws and regulations on road traffic safety and in driving skills, and ensure the quality of training. No State organs or departments in charge of training or examination of drivers shall sponsor or participate in sponsoring drivers training schools or classes. Article 21 Before driving a motor vehicle on roads, the driver shall carefully check the safety and technical performance of the motor vehicle; and he shall not drive a motor vehicle with hidden troubles endangering safety, e.g., the safety facilities are incomplete or the parts are not in conformity with the safety and technical standards. Article 22 A motor vehicle driver shall observe the provisions of the laws and regulations on road traffic safety and, in accordance with the operating instructions, drive the vehicle safely and civilly. A person who drinks alcohol, or takes psychotropic substances or narcotic drugs which are under State control, or suffers from diseases that prevent him from driving a motor vehicle safely, or cannot drive safely due to over-fatigue shall not drive a motor vehicle. No one shall force or instigate a driver to drive a motor vehicle in violation of the laws and regulations on road traffic safety or of the requirements for safe driving of motor vehicles, or connive at such violations. Article 23 Traffic control departments of the public security organs shall, in accordance with the provisions of laws and administrative regulations, regularly examine and check motor vehicle driver's licenses. Article 24 With respect to the violations of the laws and regulations on road traffic safety committed by motor vehicle drivers, traffic control departments of the public security organs shall practise the system of cumulative recording of points, in addition to imposition of administrative punishment on the said drivers according to law. The traffic control department of the public security organ shall suspend the motor vehicle driver's license of the driver whose accumulated number of the points recorded reaches the specified total, give him instructions in the laws and regulations on road traffic safety and have him take an examination again; and if the driver passes the examination, the driver's license shall be returned to him. With respect to the motor vehicle drivers who observe the laws and regulations on road traffic safety and have no cumulative points recorded for the year, the specified time for examining and checking their driver's licenses may be extended. The specific measures in this regard shall be formulated by the department for public security under the State Council. Chapter III Conditions for Road Passage Article 25 Uniform road traffic signals shall be used throughout the country. Traffic signals include the traffic signal lights, traffic signs, traffic line markings and direction by the traffic police. Traffic signal lights and traffic signs shall be installed and traffic lines marked in conformity with the requirements for road traffic safety and unimpeded passage and with State standards, and they shall be kept clear, conspicuous, accurate and in good condition. In light of the need of passage, road traffic signals shall be added, replaced or renewed in a timely manner. Where restrictive road traffic signals are to be added, replaced or renewed, the matter shall be made known to the public in advance and wide publicity shall be made. Article 26 Traffic signals are composed of red, green and yellow lights. The red light stands for no through traffic; the green light stands for passage permitted; and the yellow light stands for warning. Article 27 Warning lights, warning signs or protective safety facilities shall be put up at the level crossing of railroads and roads. Where there are no guards for a railroad crossing, warning signs shall be put up at a certain distance from the crossing. Article 28 No units or individuals shall, without authorization, put up, remove, occupy or damage traffic signal lights, traffic signs and traffic line markings. A necessary distance shall be kept between the trees and other plants planted, or the billboards, pipelines, etc. installed, on both sides of the roads and along isolation belts, on the one hand, and the traffic facilities, on the other, so that they do not shield road lamps, traffic signal lights and traffic signs, or obstruct the safe range of visibility, or impede the flow of traffic. Article 29 Roads, parking lots and road supporting facilities shall be planned, designed and constructed in conformity with the requirements of road traffic safety and unimpeded flow of traffic, and shall be readjusted in a timely manner to meet traffic needs. When the traffic control department of the public security organ discovers that traffic accident occurs frequently in certain sections of a road already open to traffic, or serious hidden troubles endangering traffic safety exist at parking lots or in road supporting facilities, it shall report the matter to the local people's government without delay, and put forth proposals for prevention of traffic accidents and for removal of the hidden troubles, and the local people's government shall make a timely decision on how to deal with them. Article 30 Where roads are so damaged as to cave in, become bumpy or ruined by water, or bulge out, or where such traffic facilities as traffic signal lights, traffic signs and traffic line markings are damaged or disappeared, the maintenance or control department for road and traffic facilities shall put up warning signs, and make repairs without delay. When the traffic control department of the public security organ finds the situations as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, which endanger traffic safety and for which no warning signs are put up, it shall take safety measures in good time, regulate the flow of traffic, and inform the maintenance or administration department for road and traffic facilities of the matter. Article 31 No units or individuals shall, without permission, occupy roads to engage in non-traffic activities. Article 32 Where it is necessary to occupy or dig a road for construction of projects, or to bury or add pipeline facilities across a road, or above or beneath a road, permission by the department in charge of roads shall be obtained in advance; and where traffic safety may be adversely affected, permission by the traffic control department of the public security organ shall, in addition, be obtained. The construction unit shall carry out construction in the approved sections of a road and within the approved period of time, and set up conspicuous safety warning signs at the place with the safe distance from the construction site, in the direction of which vehicles are coming, and take protective measures. When construction is completed, it shall immediately remove all the obstacles from the road and eliminate the hidden troubles endangering safety, and only after the road is checked and accepted as up to traffic requirements by the department in charge of roads and the traffic control department of the public security organ, the road may be open to traffic anew. With respect to a road where traffic is not held up for construction, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall exercise strict supervision over and inspection of traffic safety and maintain road traffic order. Article 33 In places where public buildings, commercial districts, residential districts, and large (or medium-sized) buildings are constructed, rebuilt or expanded, parking lots shall be constructed or increased to go with them; where parking berths are not enough, the parking lots shall be rebuilt or expanded in a timely manner; and once the parking lots are put into use, their use shall not be discontinued and they shall not be used for other purposes without authorization. Within the scope of urban streets and on condition that passage of the pedestrians and vehicles are not impeded, the relevant government departments may delimit parking berths. Article 34 Where there are no pedestrian crossings in front of schools, kindergartens, hospitals and homes for the aged, crosswalks shall be marked and standby signs shall be set up. Blind tracks shall, according to plan, be paved on the sidewalks along the main streets in cities. Such tracks shall be paved in conformity with State standards. Chapter IV Provisions on Road Passage Section 1 General Provisions Article 35 Motor vehicles and non-motor vehicles shall keep to the right of the road. Article 36 Where in light of the road conditions and the need of traffic flow, roads are divided into motor vehicle lane, non-motor vehicle lane and pedestrian sidewalk, the motor vehicles, non-motor vehicles and pedestrians shall take the lanes and sidewalks respectively. Where roads are not divided into such lanes and sidewalks, motor vehicles shall run in the middle of roads, while non-motor vehicles and pedestrians shall go on the sides of roads. Article 37 Where a special vehicle lane is marked, only specified vehicles are permitted to use the lane and no other vehicles shall run along such lane. Article 38 Vehicles and pedestrians shall go by traffic lights; where traffic policemen direct traffic on the spot, they shall go by the direction of traffic policemen; and where there are no traffic signals, they shall follow the principles of ensured safety and unimpeded traffic. Article 39 In light of the specific road conditions and the volume of traffic flow, the traffic control department of the public security organ may take such measures as regulating, restricting and prohibiting the flow of traffic with regard to motor vehicles, non-motor vehicles and pedestrians. Under conditions of large-scale mass activities or construction on a wide scale, for which restrictive traffic measures need to be taken, or decisions directly relating to the road traffic activities of the public need to be made, the matter shall be made known to the public in advance. Article 40 In case of natural calamities, disastrous meteorological conditions, major traffic accidents, or other conditions that have a serious effect on traffic safety, the traffic control department of the public security organ may exercise traffic control, when it is difficult to guarantee traffic safety by taking other measures. Article 41 Other specific regulations on road passage shall be formulated by the State Council. Section 2 Provisions on the Passage of Motor Vehicles Article 42 When driving a motor vehicle on roads, the driver shall not exceed the maximum speed per hour shown by the speed limit sign. He shall keep the safety speed along the sections of roads without speed limit signs. When driving at night or along the sections of roads that are exposed to dangers, or under such meteorological conditions as sandstorm, hailstorm, rain, snow, fog and freeze, the driver shall reduce the speed. Article 43 When motor vehicles run in the same lane, the vehicle behind shall keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front, enough for putting on the emergency brake. A vehicle shall not overtake another one under any of the following situations: (1) when the vehicle in front is making a left turn or a U turn or overtaking another vehicle; (2) when there is the possibility of crossing another vehicle coming from the opposite direction; (3) when the vehicle in front is a police van, fire engine, ambulance or engineering rescue vehicle on its way to carry out an emergency task; and (4) at a railroad crossing, road crossing, narrow bridge, curve, steep slope, in a tunnel, at a pedestrian crosswalk and a section of an urban road with large volume of traffic flow, etc., where conditions for overtaking are lacking. Article 44 When passing a road crossing, motor vehicle drivers shall follow the traffic signal lights, traffic signs and traffic line markings, or the direction of traffic police; and when passing a road crossing where there are no traffic signal lights, traffic signs, traffic line markings or direction of traffic police, they shall slow down and let pedestrians and the vehicles enjoying priority pass first. Article 45 When confronted with a situation in which the motor vehicles in front are standing or running slowly in a queue, the driver shall not overtake them by using another lane or the lane for the vehicles coming from the opposite direction, or cut in the queue. When confronted with a situation in which motor vehicles are standing or running slowly in a queue at the section or junction of a road where the lanes are decreased, or at a road crossing where there are no traffic signal lights, traffic signs or traffic line markings or direction of traffic police, the motor vehicles shall take turns to pass in order. Article 46 When passing a railroad crossing, the driver shall follow the traffic signals or the direction of the person in charge; and where there are no traffic signals or no person in charge, he shall slow down or stop the vehicle, and pass when he is certain of safety. Article 47 When passing a pedestrian crosswalk, the driver shall reduce speed; and when pedestrians are passing the crosswalk, the driver shall stop to give way to the pedestrians. When pedestrians are crossing a road where there are no traffic signals, the driver shall make way. Article 48 The loaded cargo of a motor vehicle shall be in conformity with the verified loading capacity, and overload is strictly prohibited; the dimensions of the length, width and height of the loaded cargo shall not be at variance with the requirements of loading, and nothing loaded shall be littered or scattered on the way. Where a motor vehicle carries an indivisable oversize or overload cargo, to the detriment of traffic safety, it shall be driven at a time, along the route and at the speed designated by the traffic control department of the public security organ and hung with conspicuous signs. To the indivisable oversize or overload cargo carried on highways, the provisions of the Highway Law shall be applicable. Where a motor vehicle carries such dangerous cargoes as explosives, inflammable and explosive chemicals, and highly toxic and radiation cargoes, it shall, with the approval of the public security organ, be driven at a time, along the route and at the speed designated and be hung with warning signs, and the necessary safety measures shall be taken. Article 49 Passengers carried by a motor vehicle shall not exceed the verified number. Passenger motor vehicles shall not be used for carrying cargoes in violation of regulations. Article 50 Cargo motor vehicles are prohibited from carrying passengers. Where it is necessary for a cargo motor vehicle to carry operational workers along with it, the vehicle shall be installed with facilities for protection of the workers. Article 51 When a motor vehicle is running, the driver and riders shall use safety belts in accordance with regulations; the driver of a motor bicycle and the riders shall wear safety helmets in accordance regulations. Article 52 When a motor vehicle breaks down on the road and needs to stop to remove the trouble, the driver shall immediately turn on the warning flash lights and move the vehicle to a place where it shall not impede traffic; if it is difficult to move the vehicle, the driver shall keep the warning flashing lights on and take such measures as putting up signs to warn the vehicles coming from the opposite direction so as to keep the warning over an extended area; and when necessary, he shall immediately report to the police. Article 53 When carrying out emergency tasks, police vans, fire engines, ambulances and engineering rescue vehicles may use alarm sirens and signal lights; under the precondition of ensured safety, these vehicles shall be free from the restrictions on the route, direction, speed and signal lights, and other vehicles and pedestrians shall make way. When police vans, fire engines, ambulances and engineering rescue vehicles are not carrying out emergency tasks, they shall not use the alarm sirens and signal lights and they shall not enjoy the priority of passage as provided for in the preceding paragraph. Article 54 When road maintenance vehicles and engineering operation vehicles are at work, they shall not be restricted by the traffic signs or traffic line markings in respect of the routes and directions they are taking, under the precondition that they do not impede the passage of the passing vehicles; and the passing vehicles and persons shall make sure to give way. Such motor vehicles as spraying cars and cleaning cars shall work in accordance with the standards for safe operation; and on condition that they do not impede the passage of other vehicles, they may be free from being restricted by the regulation that different vehicles use different lanes, but they shall not run in a direction not allowed by traffic regulations. Article 55 Tractors shall be prohibited from running on expressways and in the streets of the downtown of large or medium-sized cities. With respect to other roads on which tractors are prohibited from running, the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall specify in light of the actual local conditions. On the roads where tractors are permitted to run, they may be used to transport goods, but not passengers. Article 56 Motor vehicles shall be parked at specified places. They are prohibited from being parked at the sidewalks, except for the parking berths delimited in accordance with the provisions of Article 33 of this Law. Where a motor vehicle is parked on the road temporarily, it shall not impede the passage of other vehicles and pedestrians. Section 3 Provisions on the Passage of Non-motor Vehicles Article 57 When riding a non-motor vehicle on roads, the person shall observe the regulations on traffic safety. Non-motor vehicles shall run in the bicycle lane; and where there is no bicycle lane, they shall run on the right side of the motor vehicle lane. Article 58 When motor wheelchairs for the disabled and battery-powered bicycles run in the bicycle lane, their maximum speed per hour shall not exceed 15 kilometers. Article 59 Non-motor vehicles shall be parked at specified areas. Where no such parking areas are delimited, such vehicles shall be parked at places where the passage of other vehicles and pedestrians are not impeded. Article 60 Tame animals shall be used for animal-drawn carts; when an animal-drawn cart crosses a road, the driver shall get off the cart to guide the animals; and when the driver leaves the cart, he shall have the animals tethered. Section 4 Provisions on the Passage of Pedestrians and Passengers Article 61 Pedestrians shall walk on sidewalks or on the side of roads where there are no sidewalks. Article 62 Where pedestrians pass road crossings or walk across roads, they shall use the crosswalks or overhead (or underground) pedestrian crossings; when passing crosswalks with traffic signal lights, they shall follow the direction of the traffic signal lights; and when passing junctions without traffic signal lights and crosswalks, or walking across roads at the sections without overhead (or underground) crossings, they shall pass only when they are sure of safety. Article 63 Pedestrians shall not stride over, rest or sit on road isolation facilities, or jump onto vehicles, or forcibly block vehicles, or jeopardize road traffic safety in other ways. Article 64 When preschool-age children and persons suffering from mental disorder or mental retardedness who are incapable of perception or controlling their own behavior walk on roads, they shall be guided by their guardians, persons entrusted by their guardians or persons responsible for taking care of and protecting them. Blind persons walking on roads shall use sticks for blind persons or take other measures to guide themselves; and vehicles shall make way to blind persons. Article 65 When passing railroad crossings, pedestrians shall follow the signals or the direction of persons in charge; and where there are no traffic signals or no persons in charge, they shall quickly pass when they are sure that no trains are coming. Article 66 Passengers shall not bring with them such dangerous articles as inflammable substances and explosives, throw things out of the vehicles, or act in such a way as to prevent the drivers from driving safely. Section 5 Special Provisions on Expressways Article 67 No pedestrians, non-motor vehicles, tractors, special wheeled mechanical vehicles, articulated passenger buses, full trailers and other motor vehicles with the designed maximum speed below 70 kilometers per hour shall enter expressways. The maximum speed marked on the speed limit signs of expressways shall not exceed 120 kilometers per hour. Article 68 When a motor vehicle breaks down on an expressway, it shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of Article 52 of this Law; but the warning sign shall be put at a place beyond 150 meters in the direction the broken vehicle is running, and the persons on the vehicle shall quickly move to the curb on the right side of the expressway or to the emergency lane and report to the traffic police. When a motor vehicle cannot run normally on an expressway due to a breakdown or a traffic accident, it shall be pulled or towed away by a rescue vehicle or an obstacle-removing vehicle. Article 69 No units or individuals shall intercept and inspect vehicles running on expressways, except the people's police of the public security organs who are performing emergency official duties according to law. Chapter V Disposition of Traffic Accidents Article 70 When a traffic accident occurs on the road, the driver shall immediately stop the vehicle and keep the scene intact; and if the accident causes casualties, the driver shall immediately rescue the injured persons, and speedily report to the traffic police on point duty or to the traffic control department of the public security organ. If the scene of the accident is changed due to rescue of the injured persons, the location of the scene shall be marked out clearly. The passengers, drivers of the passing vehicles, and passing pedestrians shall offer help. Where a traffic accident that occurs on the road does not cause casualties and the parties have no objections to the facts and causes of the accident, they may immediately withdraw from the scene of the accident for restoration of traffic and, through consultation, settle the matters of compensation for damages themselves; and if they do not withdraw from the scene immediately, they shall speedily report to the traffic police on point duty or to the traffic control department of the public security organ. Where a traffic accident that occurs on the road only causes slight property losses and the facts are basically clear, the parties shall withdraw form the scene before proceeding to settle the matter through consultation. Article 71 Where a vehicle escapes after the occurrence of a traffic accident, the witnesses on the scene and other persons in the know shall report to the traffic control department of the public security organ or to the traffic police. If the report is proved to be true, the said department shall give them rewards. Article 72 Upon receiving the report on a traffic accident, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall immediately dispatch traffic police to the scene, who shall first arrange for the rescue of the injured persons, and take measures to restore traffic as soon as possible. Traffic police shall conduct inspection and examination of the scene of the traffic accident and collect evidence; and the traffic police may distrain the vehicle involved in the accident for the need of collection of evidence, but shall take good care of the vehicle for examination. With respect to the more professional check of the parties' physiological and mental conditions, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall entrust a special institution to make an appraisal. The conclusion of the appraisal shall be signed by the appraiser. Article 73 The traffic control department of the public security organ shall, on the basis of the inspection, examination and investigation conducted on the scene of the traffic accident as well as the relevant conclusions of the check and appraisal, produce a written confirmation of the traffic accident without delay, which shall serve as a testimony for disposition of the traffic accident. In the written confirmation of the traffic accident shall clearly be stated the basic facts and causes of the accident as well as the liability of the parties, and the written confirmation shall be served to the parties. Article 74 With respect to the dispute that arises over the compensation for damages caused by a traffic accident, the parties may request the traffic control department of the public security organ for mediation, or directly bring a civil suit in a People's Court. Where after mediation by the traffic control department of the public security organ, the parties fail to reach an agreement or do not act in accordance with the mediation document after it becomes effective, they may bring a civil suit in a People's Court. Article 75 Medical institutions shall, without delay, rescue the persons injured in traffic accidents, and they shall not delay the rescue and treatment due to the fact that the fees for the rescue are not paid in time. Where the compulsory third party liability insurance is brought for vehicles causing accidents, the insurance company shall pay the rescue expenses within the liability limit; and where the rescue expenses exceed the liability limit, and where such insurance is not brought or the vehicles escape after the occurrence of accidents, the social aid fund for road traffic accidents may pay part or total of the rescue expenses in advance, and the administrative body of the social aid fund for road traffic accidents shall have the right to recover the rescue expenses already paid from the persons liable for the traffic accidents. Article 76 Where motor vehicles are involved in a traffic accident which causes casualties and property losses, the insurance company shall make compensation within the limit of the compulsory third party liability insurance for motor vehicles. Compensation for the part that exceeds the liability limit shall be paid in the following ways: (1) where a traffic accident occurs between two motor vehicles, the party in fault shall bear the liability; and where both parties are in fault, the liability shall be shared on the basis of the proportion of each party's fault; and (2) where a traffic accident occurs between the driver of a motor vehicle and the driver of a non-motor vehicle or a pedestrian, the driver of the motor vehicle shall bear the liability; but if there is evidence which proves that the driver of the non-motor vehicle or the pedestrian violates the laws and regulations on road traffic safety and the driver of the motor vehicle has taken the necessary measures to cope with the situation, the liability to be borne by the motor vehicle driver shall be lightened. Where the losses in a traffic accident are caused intentionally by the driver of a non-motor vehicle or a pedestrian, the driver of the motor vehicle shall not bear liability. Article 77 With respect to an accident that occurs when a vehicle runs outside the roads, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall, upon receiving the report on the accident, handle the case by referring to the relevant provisions of this Law. Chapter VI Supervision of Law Enforcement Article 78 The traffic control department of the public security organ shall strengthen administration of the traffic police and help enhance their qualifications and raise their level of road traffic administration. The traffic control department of the public security organ shall, among the traffic police, conduct professional training and appraisal in respect of the legal system and traffic safety administration. Where a traffic policeman fails to pass the appraisal, he shall not take the post to perform his duties. Article 79 When the traffic control department of the public security organ and the traffic police exercise control of road traffic safety, they shall, in compliance with their statutory functions and duties and the statutory procedure, simplify official formalities and do their work in an impartial, strict, civil and efficient manner. Article 80 When performing their functions and duties, the traffic police shall, in accordance with relevant regulations, wear their uniforms and the badges of the people's police, hold their papers of the people's police, keep up the bearing of the police, carry themselves with dignity and direct traffic in conformity with standards. Article 81 Fees for the cost of the plates and certificates issued in accordance with this Law shall be collected strictly in accordance with the rates fixed by the department for pricing under the State Council, and shall be turned over to the State Treasury in full. Article 82 When the traffic control department of the public security organ imposes fines as an administrative punishment, it shall, in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and administrative regulations, separate the decision on fines from the collection of fines; and the fines collected and unlawful gains confiscated according to law shall be turned over to the State Treasury in full. Article 83 When a traffic policeman investigates and handles violations of the law on road traffic safety or traffic accidents, he shall withdraw in any of the following circumstances: (1) if he is a party to the case or close relative of the party; (2) if he or his close relative has an interest in the case; and (3) if he has other relations with the party to the case, which may affect the impartial disposition of the case. Article 84 Administrative law enforcement conducted by the traffic control department of the public security organ and the traffic police shall be subject to supervision exercised by the administrative supervisory authority according to law. The supervisory department of the public security organ shall, in accordance with law, supervise the enforcement of laws and regulations and the observance of discipline by the traffic control department of the public security organ and the traffic police. The traffic control department of the public security organ at a higher level shall supervise the law enforcement by the traffic control department of the public security organ at a lower level. Article 85 When performing their duties, the traffic control department of the public security organ and the traffic police shall consciously accept supervision by the community and citizens. All units and individuals shall have the right to report or complain against the traffic control department of the public security organ and the traffic police for their failure to enforce laws strictly or their violations of laws or rules of discipline. The authority that receives such report or complaint shall, in compliance with its duties, conduct investigation and impose punishment without delay. Article 86 No unit shall impose, or impose in disguised form, any penalty quota to the traffic control department of the public security organ; and the traffic control department of the public security organ shall not make the amount of fines imposed as the criterion for appraisal of the performance of traffic police. The traffic control department of the public security organ and the traffic police shall have the right to refuse to carry out the instructions that transcend the provisions of laws and regulations, and report the matter to the authority at a higher level at the same time. Chapter VII Legal Responsibility Article 87 The traffic control department of the public security organ and the traffic police shall, without delay, have the violations of the law on road traffic safety rectified. The traffic control department of the public security organ and the traffic police shall, on the basis of facts and in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Law, impose punishment on violations of the law on road traffic safety. Where the circumstances are minor as not to impede road passage, they shall point out the violations and let the violators go after giving an oral warning. Article 88 Punishments for violations of the law on road traffic safety include: disciplinary warning, fine, temporary suspension or revocation of motor vehicle driver's license, and detention. Article 89 Where a pedestrian, rider or driver of a non-motor vehicle violates the provisions governing road passage in laws and regulations on road traffic safety, he shall be given a disciplinary warning or be fined not less than RMB 5 yuan but not more than 50 yuan; and if the driver of non-motor vehicle refuses to accept the punishment of a fine, his non-motor vehicle may be distrained. Article 90 Where the driver of a motor vehicle violates the provisions governing road passage in laws and regulations on road traffic safety, he shall be given a disciplinary warning or be fined not less than 20 yuan but not more than 200 yuan. Where there are other provisions in this Law, the punishment shall be meted out in accordance with those provisions. Article 91 Where a driver drives a motor vehicle after drinking alcohol, his driver's license shall be temporarily suspended for not less than one month but not more than three months and he shall, in addition, be fined not less than 200 yuan but not more than 500 yuan; and where a driver drives a motor vehicle after being drunk, he shall be restrained by the traffic control department of the public security organ until he is awake from drunkenness, and he shall be placed in detention for not more than 15 days, his driver's license temporarily suspended for not less than three months but not more than six months, and he shall, in addition, be fined not less than 500 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan. Where a driver after drinking alcohol drives a commercial motor vehicle, his motor vehicle driver's license shall be temporarily suspended for three months and he shall, in addition, be fined 500 yuan; and where a driver drives such a vehicle while intoxicated, he shall be restrained by the traffic control department of the public security organ until he is awake from drunkenness, he shall be placed in detention for not more than 15 days and his motor vehicle driver's license shall be temporarily suspended for six months, and he shall, in addition, be fined 2,000 yuan. Where a driver commits the acts of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated, as provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, within one year and was punished twice and more, his motor vehicle driver's license shall be revoked and he shall not be allowed to drive a commercial motor vehicle within five years. Article 92 Where a highway passenger car carries passengers in excess of the specified number, a fine of not less than 200 yuan but not more than 500 yuan shall be imposed; and where the specified number was exceeded by 20 per cent or it carries cargo in violation of relevant regulations, a fine of not less than 500 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan shall be imposed. Where a cargo motor vehicle carries cargo in excess of the verified loading capacity, a fine of not less than 200 yuan but not more than 500 yuan shall be imposed; and where the verified loading capacity is exceeded by 30 per cent or the vehicle carries passengers in violation of relevant regulations, a fine of not less than 500 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan shall be imposed. Where the driver of a motor vehicle commits any of the acts mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall distrain the motor vehicle until the violation is rectified. If the driver of a vehicle of a transport institution violates the provisions in the first and second paragraph of this Article and fails to rectify after being punished, the person directly in charge shall be fined not less than 2,000 yuan but not more than 5,000 yuan. Article 93 Where a driver violates the provisions governing the parking and temporary parking of motor vehicles, as stipulated in laws or regulations on road traffic safety, the violation may be pointed out, and the driver shall be given an oral warning and instructed to leave the place immediately. Where the motor vehicle driver is not on the spot or, although on the spot, he refuses to drive away immediately, thus impeding the passage of other vehicles and pedestrians, he shall be fined not less than 20 yuan but not more than 200 yuan, and the vehicle may be towed to a place where it does not impede traffic or to a place designated by the traffic control department of the public security organ. The said department shall charge the party no fees for towing the vehicle and shall, without delay, inform the party of the place where the vehicle parks. Where a motor vehicle is damaged due to an improper way of towing, the liability for compensation shall be borne according to law. Article 94 Where the authority for safety and technical inspection of motor vehicles collects fees for such inspection in excess of the rates fixed by the department for pricing under the State Council, it shall return the part overcharged and shall be penalized by the department for pricing in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Pricing Law of the People's Republic of China. Where the authority for safety and technical inspection of motor vehicles fails to inspect motor vehicles in accordance with the safety and technical standards of the State for motor vehicles and produces false inspection results, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall impose on it a fine of not less than five times but not more than ten times the amount of the fees it collected for inspection and shall, in accordance with law, disqualify it for inspection. If a crime is constituted, it shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law. Article 95 Where a motor vehicle running on roads is not hung with its number plate, stuck on with the inspection certificate or the insurance label, or the driver fails to bring along with him the motor vehicle license and the driver's license, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall distrain the motor vehicle and inform the party of the need to provide the necessary plate, certificate, sticker and label or to go through the formalities to obtain them, and it may impose a punishment in accordance with the provisions of Article 90 of this Law. When the party provides the plate, certificate, sticker and label or has gone through the formalities mentioned, the motor vehicle shall be returned without delay. Where the number plate of a motor vehicle is purposely covered, stained or damaged or is not installed as required by regulations, a punishment shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Article 90 of this Law. Article 96 Where the certificate of registration, the number plate, the motor vehicle license, the sticker of inspection certificate or the insurance label of a motor vehicle or the driver's license is falsified or counterfeited, or the ones falsified or counterfeited are used, or the certificate of registration, the number plate, the motor vehicle license, the sticker of inspection certificate or the insurance label of another motor vehicle is used, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall confiscate them or distrain the motor vehicle involved, and, in addition, impose a fine of not less than 200 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan. If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. When the party provides the necessary legal certificates or has gone through the necessary formalities to obtain the certificates, the motor vehicle shall be returned without delay. Article 97 Where alarm sirens or signal lights are illegally installed, they shall compulsorily be removed and confiscated by the traffic control department of the public security organ, and a fine of not less than 200 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan shall be imposed. Article 98 Where the owner or manager of a motor vehicle fails to buy the compulsory third party liability insurance for the motor vehicle, as required by State regulations, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall distrain the vehicle until the insurance is bought in accordance with the regulations, and, in addition, a fine of two times the specified minimum liability insurance premium payable for the shall be imposed. All the fines paid in accordance with the provisions in the preceding paragraph shall be incorporated into the social aid fund for road traffic accidents. The specific measures in this regard shall be formulated by the State Council. Article 99 Any person who commits one of the following acts shall be fined not less than 200 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan by the traffic control department of the public security organ: (1) driving a motor vehicle before obtaining the motor vehicle driver's license, or after the driver's license is revoked or during the period when the driver's license is temporarily suspended; (2) having his motor vehicle driven by another person who has not obtained the driver's license or whose driver's license is revoked or temporarily suspended; (3) escaping after causing a traffic accident, which is not serious enough to constitute a crime; (4) driving a motor vehicle at a speed 50 per cent in excess of the specified speed per hour; (5) compelling a motor vehicle driver to drive the vehicle in violation of laws and regulations on road traffic safety or of the requirement for safe driving, thus causing a traffic accident, which is not serious enough to constitute a crime; (6) making a forcible passage in violation of the regulations on traffic control and refusing to yield to dissuasion; (7) intentionally damaging, removing or altering traffic facilities, thus causing harmful consequences, which is not serious enough to constitute a crime; or (8) illegally blocking or distraining a motor vehicle and refusing to yield to dissuasion, thus causing serious traffic jam or relatively heavy losses of property. If the person commits one of the acts specified in Subparagraph (2) or (4) of the preceding paragraph, his motor vehicle driver's license may be revoked at the same time; and if he commits one of the acts specified in Subparagraph (1), (3), (5), (6), (7) and (8), he may, in addition, be put in detention for not more than 15 days. Article 100 Where a self-assembled motor vehicle or a motor vehicle old enough to be scrapped is driven on roads, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall confiscate it and compulsorily scrap it. A driver who drives on roads the motor vehicle mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be fined not less than 200 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan and his driver's license shall be revoked. Where a motor vehicle old enough to be scrapped is sold, the unlawful gains shall be confiscated, a fine equal to the amount of money obtained from the sale of the vehicle shall be imposed, and the vehicle shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of this Article. Article 101 Where a serious traffic accident occurs due to violation of the provisions in laws and regulations on road traffic safety, which constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law, and the motor vehicle driver's license shall be revoked by the traffic control department of the public security organ. Where a driver escapes after causing a traffic accident, his motor vehicle driver's license shall be revoked by the traffic control department of the public security organ and he shall not obtain a motor vehicle driver's license again for the rest of his life. Article 102 Where a professional transport unit that is chiefly or fully responsible for two or more exceptionally serious traffic accidents within six months, it shall be instructed by the traffic control department of the public security organ to remove all the hidden troubles endangering safety, and the motor vehicles with the said hidden troubles shall be prohibited from running on roads until all the troubles are removed. Article 103 Where the government department in charge of motor vehicle products fails to conduct strict examination and inspection in accordance with the State safety and technical standards for motor vehicles and permits unqualified motor vehicle models to be put into production, the persons who are directly in charge and the other persons who are directly responsible shall be demoted or dismissed from office as an administrative sanction. Where a motor vehicle manufacturing enterprise that is permitted by the government department in charge of motor vehicle products to produce certain models of motor vehicles, fails to apply the State safety and technical standards for motor vehicles or to strictly conduct quality inspection of its finished products, so as to let its unqualified motor vehicles leave the plant for sale, the quality and technology supervision department shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Product Quality, impose a penalty on it. Where a unit that manufactures or sells the models of motor vehicles without permission by the government department in charge of motor vehicle products, the finished motor vehicles and the spare parts illegally manufactured and sold shall be confiscated, and it shall, in addition, be fined not less than three times but not more than five times the value of the unlawful products; if it has a business license, the administrative department for industry and commerce shall revoke the license; and if it has no business license, it shall be closed down. Where self-assembled motor vehicles are turned out or sold or motor vehicles refitted without authorization are turned out or sold, a punishment shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of this Article. Where motor vehicles not in conformity with the State safety and technical standards for motor vehicles are turned out or sold in violation of the provisions in the second, third and fourth paragraph of this Article, which is serious enough to constitute a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. Article 104 Any unit or individual that, without approval, digs roads or occupies roads for construction or engages in other activities to the detriment of road traffic safety, the department in charge of roads shall instruct it or him to desist from such illegal acts, to put the roads back to their original state, and may impose a fine on it or him according to law. Where losses are caused to the passing persons or vehicles or to other property, it or he shall bear the liability for compensation according to law. Where road traffic safety is adversely affected by the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the traffic control department of the public security organ may instruct the unit or individual to desist from the illegal acts in order to speedily restore traffic. Article 105 Where losses are inflicted on the passing persons or vehicles or other property because, when a road is under construction or damages appear in a road, no warning signs are put up in time and no protective measures are taken, or there are no traffic signal lights, traffic signs or traffic line markings as there ought to be, or no traffic signal lights, traffic signs or traffic line markings are altered as they ought to be in time, the units respectively responsible shall bear the liability for compensation according to law. Article 106 Where a unit or individual plants trees or other plants or installs billboards, pipelines, etc. on both sides of a road or along the isolation belts, so that they shield road lamps, traffic signal lights or traffic signs, or obstruct the safe range of visibility, the traffic control department of the public security organ shall instruct it or him to remove the obstacles; and if it or he refuses to comply, a fine of not less than 200 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan shall be imposed, and the obstacles shall forcibly be removed and the expenses thus incurred shall be borne by it or him. Article 107 Where a disciplinary warning is to be given to, or a fine of not more than 200 yuan to be imposed on, a violator of road traffic law, the traffic policemen may make the decision on administrative penalty on the spot and produce a written decision on such penalty. In the written decision on administrative penalty shall clearly be stated the facts of violation by the party, the basis for the administrative penalty, the penalty imposed, the time and place of the penalty, and the name of the authority that imposes the penalty, and the written decision shall be signed or sealed by the law-enforcing person. Article 108 The party shall, within 15 days from the date he receives the written decision on administrative penalty, pay the fine at the designated bank. Where the parties have no objections, the fines imposed on pedestrians, passengers and drivers of non-motor vehicles may be collected on the spot. Where fines are paid, unified receipts for fines, made and distributed by the financial departments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, shall be written out; and in the absence of such receipts, the parties shall have the right to refuse to pay the fines. Article 109 Where a party fails to abide by the decision on administrative penalty at the expiration of the time limit, the administrative organ that makes such a decision may take the following measures: (1) if a fine is not duly paid, an additional 3 per cent of the amount of the fine per day shall be imposed; and (2) applying to the People's Court for compulsory enforcement. Article 110 Where a traffic policeman, when performing his duties, deems it necessary to temporarily suspend or to revoke the motor vehicle driver's license of a violator of the law on road traffic as a punishment, he may suspend the driver's license first and, within 24 hours, transfer the case to the traffic control department of the public security organ for disposition. The violator of the law on road traffic shall, within 15 days, go to the traffic control department of the public security organ for disposition. If, without legitimate reasons, the violator fails to go for the disposition at the expiration of the time limit, his motor vehicle driver's license shall be revoked. Where the traffic control department of the public security organ suspends temporarily or revokes a motor vehicle driver's license, it shall produce a written decision on the administrative penalty. Article 111 With respect to detention as an administrative penalty for violation of the provisions of this Law, the public security bureau or sub-bureau of a county or city or the public security organ equal to the county level shall make a ruling. Article 112 Where the traffic control department of the public security organ distrains a motor vehicle or non-motor vehicle, it shall produce a receipt on the spot, and tell the party to go, within a specified period of time, to the said department for disposition. The traffic control department of the public security organ shall take good care of the distrained vehicles and shall not use them. Where the party fails to go for the disposition at the expiration of the specified period of time, and still fails to do so three months after announcement of the matter, the distrained vehicle shall be disposed of according to law. Article 113 The term for temporary suspension of a motor vehicle driver's license shall be calculated from the date the decision on the punishment takes effect; and if a motor vehicle driver's license is suspended before the decision takes effect, the number of days in which the license is suspended shall be deducted from the term for temporary suspension. The interval between revocation of the license and application for a new one shall be governed by the administrative regulations on motor vehicle driver's licenses. Article 114 The traffic control department of the public security organ may, on the basis of the technical traffic monitoring records and in accordance with law, impose a penalty on the owner or manager of the motor vehicle involved in violation of laws. If the driver can be identified, it may impose a penalty on the driver in accordance with the provisions of this Law. Article 115 Where a traffic policeman commits one of the following acts, he shall be given an administrative sanction according to law: (1) issuing the certificate of registration, number plate, motor vehicle license, or sticker of inspection certificate to a motor vehicle that is not in conformity with the statutory requirements; (2) giving approval to a motor vehicle that is not in conformity with the statutory requirements to install and use alarm sirens and signal lights, or to spray or paint the sign specially for police vans, fire engines, ambulances or engineering rescue vehicles; (3) issuing a motor vehicle driver's licenses to a person who does not meet the qualifications for a driver's license, or has not undergo examinations, or fails in the examinations; (4) failing to implement the system under which the decision on fines is separated from the collection of fines, or failing to turn over in full to the State Treasury the fees and fines collected and the unlawful gains confiscated in accordance with law, as is required by relevant regulations; (5) engaging in such business activities as sponsoring or participating in sponsoring drivers schools or drivers training classes, motor vehicle repair shops or pay parking lots; (6) receiving or accepting another person's money or things of value or seeking other benefits by taking advantage of his position; (7) distraining a vehicle, a motor vehicle license, a driver's license or the number plate of a vehicle in violation of law; (8) using the vehicle distrained according to law; (9) collecting a fine on the spot without producing a receipt or failing to fill out the exact amount of a fine; (10) disposing of a traffic accident unfairly by engaging in malpractices for personal gain; (11) delaying the issuance of the number plates and certificates of motor vehicles by deliberately making things difficult; (12) using alarm sirens and signal lights when not performing emergency duties; (13) blocking or inspecting normally running vehicles in violation of regulations; (14) blocking a motor vehicle and getting a lift when not performing emergency duties; or (15) failing to perform the statutory duties. If the traffic control department of the public security organ commits one of the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the persons directly in charge and the other persons directly responsible shall be given administrative sanctions accordingly. Article 116 A traffic policeman who is given an administrative sanction in accordance with the provisions of Article 115 of this Law may be stopped from performing his duties before a decision on such sanction is made; and when necessary, he may be placed in confinement. Where a traffic policeman is demoted or removed from office as an administrative sanction in accordance with the provisions of Article 115 of this Law, he may be dismissed. Where a traffic policeman is discharged as a sanction or is dismissed, his police rank shall be deprived of; and where a traffic policeman is imposed a lighter sanction than removal from office as an administrative sanction, his police rank shall be reduced. Article 117 Where a traffic policeman, taking advantage of his functions and powers, illegally takes public property into his possession, extorts, receives or accepts bribes, abuses his functions and powers, or neglects his duties, which is serious enough to constitute a crime, he shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law. Article 118 Where the traffic control department of the public security organ or its traffic policeman commits one of the acts mentioned in Article 115 of this Law, thus causing losses to the party, it or he shall bear the liability for compensation according to law. Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions Article 119 For purposes of this Law, the meanings of the following terms are: (1) "Roads" mean the highways, urban streets, and places that although within the scope of the jurisdiction of units, motor vehicles of the community are permitted to pass through, including squares and public parking lots as are used for public passage. (2) "Vehicles" mean the motor vehicles and non-motor vehicles. (3) "Motor vehicles" mean the wheeled vehicles driven or drawn by power sets on roads for carrying people, for transporting cargoes, or for special engineering operations. (4) "Non-motor vehicles" mean such means of transport as are driven or drawn by man or animal on roads, and the motor wheelchairs for the disabled and electrically operated bicycles which are installed with power sets but the designed maximum speed per hour, the light quality and the external size of which are in conformity with the relevant standards of the State. (5) "Traffic accidents" mean situations in which vehicles running on roads cause casualties or property losses through errors or something untoward. Article 120 The relevant departments of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Chinese People's Armed Police Force shall be in charge of the issuance of the plates and certificates, and the inspection, of their registered motor vehicles, and the examination and appraisal of their motor vehicle drivers. Article 121 With respect to tractors running on roads, the department of agriculture (agricultural machinery) shall exercise the administrative functions and powers of the traffic control department of the public security organ as provided for in Articles 8, 9, 13, 19 and 23 of this Law. When exercising the functions and powers in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the department of agriculture (agricultural machinery) shall observe the relevant provisions of this Law and subject itself to supervision by the traffic control department of the public security organ; and violations shall be investigated for legal responsibility in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Law. The plates and certificates of motor vehicles issued by the department of agriculture (agricultural machinery) before implementation of this Law shall continue to be valid after this Law goes into effect. Article 122 The State exercises unified control of road traffic safety in respect of motor vehicles entering our territory from abroad. Article 123 The standing committees of the people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, in light of their actual local conditions and within the range of the fines provided for in this Law, fix specific rates for imposing fines. Article 124 This Law shall go into effect as of May 1, 2004.