Macau car number plates are based on the Portuguese plates and are one of three types used in China. The first plates were issued in the 1930s with current number issued at 35,000.
The plates consists of white letters on a black background.
- 1960s plate format was: M-01-12
- Current (since 1980s) plate format was: MX-01-23
The first character uses "M" as Portugal assigned license format according to the name of their overseas territory (or province). The plate format of Mozambique, the other ex-colony of Portugal, also starts with "M".
Buses use the same plates are cars, but buses have been assigned characters that are in yellow instead of white since 2000.
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