Starting October 1, ten provinces (and regions) — Guizhou, Sichuan, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Qinghai, and Xinjiang — will begin sharing traffic violation records collected by monitoring equipment across provincial borders. Traffic offenders will be penalized equally, whether the violation occurs in their registered province or elsewhere. Offenders can choose to address their penalties either at the location where the vehicle is registered or where the violation occurred.
The transferred traffic violation information includes details such as violation record number, collection unit, vehicle plate type and number, violation behavior, time, location, notification method and date, and handling status. However, traffic violations based on local regulations will not be transferred across provinces. According to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Management Bureau, when a province receives traffic violation information about a local vehicle that committed an offense in another province, it will simultaneously update the vehicle's status. Once a violation is addressed, the records will be transferred via a comprehensive application platform to both the location where the violation occurred and where the vehicle is registered. If an offender provides proof of having already addressed the violation in another province, the vehicle registration location will update the records accordingly. This system of inter-provincial violation information exchange is expected to help combat illegal activities such as the use of fake or cloned license plates. Previously, many people bought cars registered in other provinces to avoid penalties for traffic violations in their own province. With this new system, vehicles with out-of-province plates will no longer be able to escape punishment.
