China | Area code 86 | Common abbreviation CN | Last updated 25-4-2009 | |||
| Road class | Syntax explanation | Administrative subordination | Sub classes | Zones | System | Remarks |
| National highway | G[0-9]<1-3> | national | G0[0-9][05] | spider-web | ||
| G1[0-9]<2> | grid | |||||
| G[23][0-9]<2> | grid | |||||
| Provincial road | S[0-9]<1-3> | Province | ||||
| County road | [AX][0-9]<1-3> | County | ||||
| General description: The first digit determines the type of route: | ||||||
| 0 | Grid, numbers ending in 0 are north-south routes and numbers ending in 5 are east-west. | |||||
| 1 | Spider-web, radiating in clockwise order from Beijing (101 - 112) | |||||
| 2 | North-south routes, increasing in westbound direction | |||||
| 3 | East-west routes, increasing in southbound direction | |||||
| Hongkong is part of China since 1997 but it still has a separate road numbering system. | ||||||
| Road signs: Green with white text on motorways, blue with white text on other roads. Road numbers: G white on red, S black on yellow, A green on white. | ||||||
| History: The system was probably introduced around 2000. | ||||||
Sources and links: various maps and atlases
Official sites: | ||||||