China
Part 1: Driving with a Disability
Are there any laws or regulations in your country that restrict whether people with disabilities can obtain a driving licence?
Yes,
The following conditions need to be met. 1. The age is over 18 and under 70. 2. The height is more than 150 cm. 3. The visual acuity of both eyes reached above 4.9 in logarithmic visual acuity table. if one eye has sight impairment, the other one eye must reaches more than 5.0 in the logarithmic vision table, and the horizontal vision reaches 150 degrees. 4. No red green color blindness. 5. Two ears can distinguish the direction of sound source 50 cm away from the tuning fork. 6. The thumbs of both hands are sound, three of the other fingers of each hand are sound, and the movement functions are normal. If the last segment of the finger is incomplete or the left hand has three fingers, and the palms of both hands are complete, the condition is still eligible. 7. both lower limbs are sound and have normal motor function, and the length difference shall not be more than 5cm. Or only the left lower limb is missing or loses the movement function. 8. Trunk and neck have no motor dysfunction. 9. If the right lower limbs or both lower limbs are missing or lose the motor function but can sit and stand independently, and the upper limbs meet the requirements of item 6. 10. If one hand is missing, the other hand has a sound thumb, the other fingers have two fingers, the upper limbs and fingers have normal movement functions, and the lower limbs meet the requirements of item 7.
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
Yes,
If conditions for the disabled to apply for driver's license are met. The small automatic block passenger car for the disabled can be driven by the person.
If you have answered yes to Question 4 above, do the same restrictions apply to a person with a disability visiting your country in their own or a rented vehicle? Please give details
Yes,
The same restrictions as answer to Question 4 apply to a person with a disability visiting our country in their own or a rented vehicle.
Please give details of the section responsible in your Ministry for driver licensing and vehicle adaptations for people with disabilities. Please also include any websites which give details of the official national policy.
Name of Department/Ministry: Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China
Name of section responsible: driver licensing and vehicle adaptations
Part 2: Parking Cards for people with a disability
Does your country have a national scheme of parking concessions for people with a disability?
No,
Which categories of people with a disability are eligible for the parking card? Please tick all that apply
N/A
Are there parking spaces reserved for people with a disability?
N/A
If you have answered yes, where are the reserved parking spaces? (Please tick all that apply)
N/A
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability? (Please tick all that apply)
N/A
Are there any regions or cities in your country that do not recognise the parking card, or which have their own, different system?
N/A
Are the same concessions available to individuals with a disability visiting your country?
N/A
If you have answered yes to Question 13 above, please tell us if there is a formal system of reciprocal recognition of parking cards from other countries?
N/A
If you have answered yes to Question 14 above please tell us
N/A
Are there minimum dimensions for the size of a parking space reserved for a person with a disability?
N/A
Please give details of the section in your ministry responsible for parking concessions for people with a disability
N/A
Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
http://www.gov.cn/govweb/fwxx/sh/2011-11/25/content_2003142.htm
Part 3: Hiring a car if you have a disability
Does your country have any laws which require hire car companies to make adapted vehicles available for people with disabilities to rent?
No,
Where are such vehicles available? Please tick all that apply
N/A
Please give details of the section responsible in your ministry for laws/policies on adapted hire cars.
N/A
Part 4: Follow up
Please give contact details (email, phone, weblinks) for any sections or organisations which have supplied information for your response to this survey if they are not already listed.
Name(s) of sections/organisations: China Academy of Transportation Sciences
email(s): [email protected]
phone(s): +861058278818
website(s): http://www.motcats.ac.cn/