New statistics show 2,031 have competed for a license1 plate in June through Beijing's vehicle lottery2 system, a new record, reports the Beijing Youth Daily.
《新京报》报道,6月最新数据显示,北京汽车摇号系统内,2031位申请者竞争一块车牌,创新纪录。
Around 2.8 million
applied3 for license plates through the lottery system by June 8, 2018.
This saw the likelihood of winning rise to 1-to-2,013. The ratio was 1-in-1,963 in April.
The same report also shows the limited number of new energy license plates
allocated4 for Beijing for the full year have already been given out.
Beijing started to issue license plates under a lottery system in Jan 2011, designed to
curb5 pollution and traffic.