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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: Driving test in China - is it all theory or do you have to do a practical test as well?
11 years 50 weeks ago in Transport & Travel - China
It depends on whether you already hold a full driving license from another country. If you do and if that nation is recognised as having a valid test then you only need to take the theory test. If not (or you're a local) then you need to take a practical test too although in most cities this practical test is taken at a test centre not on the real roads.
snowballeffect:
Thanks for that Huge. Is overtaking on blind corners part of the practical test, my friends here are really good at that...its not part of the UK test, at least when I did it?
Hugh.G.Rection:
I don't know about the practical test, from my experience I think it may be 100 cars side by side and the one that makes it across the red lights into the single lane the other side passes!
In reality, though, the theory test is fully as difficult as the UK one, (so I assume the practical is the same) and it can be taken in any language (including English) but the signs will still be in Chinese, (where appropriate). I suspect the problem is once they have passed the test everyone ignores what they have 'learned'.
If you have a valid and current driving license from another country, you must have it translated into Chinese and take a written exam.
snowballeffect:
Can the written exam be in English, I'm a few thousand characters short on my chinese at the minute?
cooter:
As long as you're in a decent size city, they will have computers setup especially for foreigners to take the exam in English. Here in Ningbo, they had 4 computers in a separate little room from the Chinese computers.