Shanghai: Further Strengthening Support for Vehicle Replacement and Upgrading, Expanding Subsidy Coverage to Include Out-of-Province License Plates for Used Cars

The official WeChat account of "Shanghai Commerce" announced that, in order to implement the "Notice of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance on Strengthening and Expanding the Implementation of Large-scale Equipment Upgrades and Consumer Trade-in Policies in 2025" (NDRC Environmental Resources [2025] No. 13) and the "Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce and Other 8 Departments on Doing a Good Job in the 2025 Automobile Trade-in Work" (Commerce Office Consumer Letter [2025] No. 8), and to further improve the city's automobile trade-in work in 2025, the scope of automobile replacement and renewal subsidies will be expanded to include out-of-town license plate used cars.

Subsidy Scope and Standards

From January 1, 2025 (inclusive, the same hereinafter) to December 31, 2025, individual consumers who purchase new energy passenger cars priced at 100,000 yuan or more (based on the amount stated on the "Uniform Invoice for Motor Vehicle Sales") and transfer (excluding changes, the same hereinafter) their own passenger cars registered in other provinces and cities within the specified period will be given a one-time fixed subsidy of 15,000 yuan.

From January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, individual consumers who purchase new fuel passenger cars priced at 100,000 yuan or more (based on the amount stated on the "Uniform Invoice for Motor Vehicle Sales") that meet the National VI b emission standards and transfer their own eligible fuel passenger cars registered in other provinces and cities within the specified period will be given a one-time fixed subsidy of 13,000 yuan.

During the policy implementation period, each individual consumer can enjoy the automobile replacement and renewal subsidy at most once in a calendar year, and for the same new car, they can only choose to apply for either the automobile scrappage and renewal subsidy or the replacement and renewal subsidy.

The transferred vehicle refers to the used car registered in other provinces and cities under the name of the individual consumer, where the ownership of the vehicle has been transferred (excluding changes), and a valid "Uniform Invoice for Used Car Sales" has been obtained and the transfer registration procedures have been completed.

The newly purchased vehicle refers to the new energy passenger car (including pure electric passenger cars, plug-in hybrid passenger cars, and plug-in extended-range hybrid passenger cars) or the new fuel passenger car that meets the National VI b emission standards purchased by the individual consumer, which is included in the "Announcement of Road Motor Vehicle Producers and Products" or other relevant national vehicle model catalogs, and for which the "Uniform Invoice for Motor Vehicle Sales" has been issued by a local automobile sales institution, and the motor vehicle registration procedures have been completed at the public security traffic management department, and a valid "Motor Vehicle Registration Certificate" and "Motor Vehicle Driving License" have been obtained.

The automobile emission standards refer to the new production automobile emission standards such as the "Limits and Measurement Methods for Pollutants from Light-duty Vehicles" (GB18352-series standards) issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment; the emission standards of the vehicle shall be based on the query results from the public query platform of the Motor Vehicle Environmental Protection Network or the "Sui Shen Ban" new car assistant.

Subsidy Recipients

The applicant and recipient of the automobile replacement and renewal subsidy are individual consumers. Individual consumers applying for the subsidy must meet the following conditions:

(1) The individual consumer has a good credit status and has no relevant失信记录 in the city's public credit information platform.

(2) The individual consumer transferring the out-of-town license plate used car under their name should have registered it under their name before January 8, 2025, and it should not have been used as a used car to apply for other automobile subsidies in the city. The transfer date of the out-of-town license plate used car should be between July 25, 2024 and December 31, 2025, and the transfer date shall be based on the invoice date stated on the "Uniform Invoice for Used Car Sales." Among them, for those purchasing new fuel passenger cars, their out-of-town license plate used car should have completed vehicle registration before June 30, 2019.

(3) The new car purchase date of the individual consumer shall be based on the invoice date stated on the "Uniform Invoice for Motor Vehicle Sales" issued by a local automobile sales institution, and should be between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025; the new car registration date shall be based on the registration date stated on the "Motor Vehicle Registration Certificate," and should be between January 1, 2025 and January 10, 2026.

(4) During the subsidy application review period, the transferred vehicle must not be transferred back to the applicant's name, and the newly purchased vehicle must be registered under the applicant's name.

Subsidy Application

Individual consumers who meet the above conditions and replace and purchase new energy passenger cars can apply for the subsidy through designated platforms such as the "Shanghai Development and Reform" WeChat official account, and sign the "Subsidy Application Commitment Letter"; individual consumers who meet the above conditions and replace and purchase fuel passenger cars can apply for the subsidy through designated platforms such as the "Shanghai Commerce" WeChat official account, and sign the "Subsidy Application Commitment Letter."

Individual consumers should submit the subsidy application before January 10, 2026. If it is necessary to amend or supplement relevant information, it should be provided through the original channel before January 20, 2026. Applications submitted after the deadline or without supplementing relevant application information will not be accepted.

Subsequently, the detailed implementation rules of the above policy will be released as soon as possible, and the application channels will be opened simultaneously. We welcome the general public and car owners to actively apply for the subsidy.