In 2000, Shanghai decided to tighten restrictions on new car registrations, auctioning off a limited number of license plates annually.

2000年，上海市决定加大对汽车牌照的控制，每年通过拍卖发放有限数量的牌照。

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The same wonderful man that called the ambulance also called the police with the license plate number of the black car.

那个替你叫救护车的好心人也报警说了肇事车辆的车牌号。

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Car plate prices in Shanghai rose to a 24-month high in the year's first auction. The average price of a private car license rose to RMB38311, up from RMB37593 a month earlier.

在2010年第一场私车额度拍卖会上，上海私车牌照拍卖均价从上个月的37593元上升至38311元，创下两年来的新高。

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The Cockaynes said police had the names of the suspects, including a description and license plate number of the getaway car, for more than six weeks, yet no one was arrested.

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While the withdrawal of governmental subsidies can halt car sales growth in rural areas and small towns, government regulation of license plate registration will deal a huge blow to car sales in urban areas.

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Due to traffic congestion caused by so many vehicles crowding the streets, the government also announced a new set of regulations on that day, including the fact that it would limit the issuance of new car license plates to 240, 000 in 2011.

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