China News Agency, Beijing, February 20th (Reporter Guo Chaokai) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security on the 20th that the Ministry of Public Security and the Macao Special Administrative Region Government have recently signed an agreement on the mutual recognition and renewal of driver's licenses between the Mainland and Macao. The agreement will begin on May 16, 2023. effective.
According to the agreement on the mutual recognition and replacement of driver's licenses signed, the mainland and Macao recognize valid driver's licenses issued by each other, and one side allows persons holding the other's driver's license to drive directly or to renew a driver's license without a test.
The types of driving licenses that can be exchanged through mutual recognition include small cars and small cars with automatic transmission.
Macau permanent residents who hold a valid official Macau driver's license, as well as an official Macau driver's license, as well as the original identity certificate, physical condition certificate, and photo, can directly exchange for a mainland driver's license without taking the test; holders of a valid mainland paper driver's license , within 14 days of entering Macau, you can directly drive the specified model without needing to renew the Macau driver's license; if you need to continue driving after 14 days of entering Macau, you can directly drive the specified model in Macau within one year after registering with the Traffic Department of the Macau Public Security Police.
The mutual recognition and exchange of driving licenses between the Mainland and Macau will directly benefit people traveling and visiting relatives in the Mainland and Macau, making it easier for Mainland and Macau residents to travel by car, and better promoting the development of exchanges between the Mainland and Macau.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security, the mainland and Hong Kong have already realized the mutual recognition and renewal of driver's licenses.
The mutual recognition and replacement of driving licenses between the Mainland and Macau will greatly facilitate the travel of residents in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and is of great significance to promoting the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
In the next step, the Ministry of Public Security will actively guide local public security traffic control departments to do a good job in the mutual recognition and renewal of driving licenses between the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, and further facilitate the driving of residents in the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau.
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