►Age requirements:

1. Where an applicant is applying for a driving license for a Small Vehicle, a Small Automatic Vehicle, a Small Automatic Passenger Vehicle For People With Disabilities, or a Light Motorcycle, the applicant must be at least 18 and not more than 70 years of age;

2. Where an applicant is applying for a driving license for a Low-Speed Freight Vehicle, a Three-Wheeled Vehicle, an Ordinary Three-Wheeled Motorcycle, an Ordinary Two-Wheeled Motorcycle, or a Self-Propelled Wheeled Mechanical Vehicle, the applicant must be at least 18 and not more than 60 years of age;

3. Where an applicant is applying for a driving license for a City Bus, a Large Freight Vehicle, a Trolleybus, or a Tramcar, the applicant must be at least 20 and not more than 50 years of age.

►Physical requirements:

1. Height: where an applicant is applying for a driving license for a City Bus, a Large Freight Vehicle, or a Trolleybus, the applicant must be at least 155 centimeters in height;

2. Eyesight: where an applicant is applying for a driving license for a City Bus, a Large Freight Vehicle, a Trolleybus, or a Tramcar, the applicant's uncorrected vision or corrected vision of both eyes must be at least 5.0 in the logarithmic visual acuity chart. Where an applicant is applying for a driving license for any other vehicle type, the applicant's uncorrected vision or corrected vision of both eyes must be at least 4.9 in the logarithmic visual acuity chart. Where an applicant has a visual impairment in one eye, the uncorrected vision or corrected vision of the applicant's good eye must be at least 5.0 in the logarithmic visual acuity chart, and if the applicant's horizontal field of view is 150 ̊ or above, the applicant may apply for a driving license for a Small Vehicle, a Small Automatic Vehicle, a Low-Speed Freight Vehicle, a Three-Wheeled Vehicle, or a Small Automatic Passenger Vehicle For People With Disabilities;

3. Color vision: the applicant must not have red-green color blindness;

4. Hearing ability: the applicant must be able to identify the direction of a sound source when each of the applicant's ears are 50 centimeters away from the tuning fork. An applicant who has a hearing impairment but is able to meet the aforesaid condition when wearing a hearing aid device may apply for a driving license for a Small Vehicle or a Small Automatic Vehicle;

5. Upper limbs: the applicant must have, on each hand, an intact thumb and at least three intact fingers, and the applicant's limbs and fingers must have normal motor functions. Applicants who have crippled or missing fingertips, or only three intact fingers on the left hand, but who have intact palms may apply for a driving license for a Small Vehicle, a Small Automatic Vehicle, a Low-Speed Freight Vehicle or a Three-Wheeled Vehicle.

6. Lower limbs: the applicant's lower limbs must be intact and have normal motor functions, and must not be more than 5 centimeters in length difference. Applicants with a missing or motor-impaired left leg may apply for a driving license for a Small Automatic Vehicle.

7. Torso and neck: the applicant's torso and neck must not have motor dysfunctions;

8. Where an applicant's right leg or both legs are missing or motor-impaired but the applicant  is able to sit and stand independently and their upper limbs meet the provisions of item 5 on the conditions of the upper limbs, the applicant may apply for a driving license for a Small Automatic Passenger Vehicle For People With Disabilities. Where an applicant has a missing palm but the other hand has an intact thumb and at least two intact fingers, the applicant's upper limbs and fingers have normal motor functions, and the applicant's lower limbs meet the provisions of item 6 on the conditions of the lower limbs, the applicant may apply for a driving license for a Small Automatic Passenger Vehicle For People With Disabilities.

►The circumstances under which an applicant may not apply for a motor vehicle driving license:

1. The applicant suffers from an organic heart disease, epilepsy, Meniere's syndrome, long-term vertigo, hysteria, Parkinson's disease, a mental disorder, dementia, a nervous system disease that affects limb movement, or any other disease that impedes safe driving;

2. The applicant has ingested or injected narcotic drugs within the past three years, has been subjected to mandatory isolation and rehabilitation measures at any time within the past three years,  or has a long-term usage of and continued addiction to psychotropic drugs of dependence;

3. The applicant has committed a hit and run offense before;

4. The applicant has committed a major traffic offense due to drink-driving or drunk-driving before;

5. The applicant has had their motor vehicle driving license legally revoked due to drunk-driving a motor vehicle or drink-driving a commercial motor vehicle at any time during the past 5 years;

6. The applicant has had their motor vehicle driving license legally revoked due to drunk-driving a commercial motor vehicle at any time during the past 10 years;

7. The applicant has had their motor vehicle driving license legally revoked due to any other circumstance at any time during the past 2 years;

8. The applicant has had their driving permit legally withdrawn at any time during the past 3 years; 

9. Other circumstances prescribed by laws and regulations.

If the applicant has driven a motor vehicle without a motor vehicle driving license, and has committed any of the acts stated in Item 5 to Item 7, the applicant may not apply for a motor vehicle driving license within the prescribed period of time.

►Requirements for applicants:

1. Where an applicant resides at the place of their registered permanent residence, the applicant shall file an application at the place of their registered permanent residence;

2. Where an applicant resides at a place other than the place of their registered permanent residence, they may file an application at the place of their residence;

3. Active servicemen (including armed policemen) shall file an application at the place of their residence;

4. Foreigners shall file an application at the place of their residence or habitation.

►The circumstances under which an applicant may not apply for a driving license for a City Bus or a Large Freight Vehicle:

1. The applicant has been equally or more liable for a traffic accident causing death before;

2. The applicant has drunk-driven a motor vehicle before;

3. The applicant has had their motor vehicle driving license revoked or withdrawn at any time during the past 10 years.

►Requirements for directly applying for a motor vehicle driving license:

Where an applicant for a motor vehicle driving license meets the conditions for a driving permit and falls under any of the following circumstances, the applicant may directly apply to take the examination for the motor vehicle driving license of the corresponding permitted vehicle type:

1. The applicant had their original motor vehicle driving license   canceled because it was not renewed before the expiry date;

2. The applicant had their original motor vehicle driving license canceled because they failed to submit proof of their physical conditions;

3. The applicant personally applied to cancel their original motor vehicle driving license;

4. The applicant had their original motor vehicle driving license canceled because the applicant's physical conditions temporarily failed to meet the relevant provisions;

5. The applicant had their original motor vehicle driving license canceled due to any other reason, excluding revocation or withdrawal of their motor vehicle driving license;

6. The applicant holds an expired military or armed police force motor vehicle driving license;

7. The applicant holds an expired foreign motor vehicle driving license.

Where the applicant has a pending record of a violation of road traffic safety or a traffic accident, the applicant shall settle the violation or accident before applying for a motor vehicle driving license.