Person pays 1 mln yuan for 'lucky' license plate   

深圳车牌拍卖最高价103万 无一号码流拍

昨日，深圳市第一期小型汽车号牌号码在网上开拍，从当天开始到29日，每天两场拍卖，每场50个号码。在首日的拍卖中，下午拍出的粤B6666Q成为当日之最，成交价103万。而粤BB336N，成交价3万元，为当日最低成交价。记者统计，全天拍卖100个号牌，共拍得1921.9万元，没有一个号码流拍。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- New records were set by rich automobile-owners in south China's Shenzhen city during an online bidding for so-called "auspicious" car plates on Saturday.

The local traffic management bureau has decided to hold 10 online auctions, twice a day, for 500 car plates with successive numbers.

In the two auctions on the first day, a bidder paid the unprecedented price of 1.03 million yuan ($170,000) for one license plate, simply because "BB888Q" sounds auspicious.

A plate with "BB336N" was the lowest earner of the day, at 30,000 yuan.

Altogether 100 car plates fetched 19.21 million yuan, which will be used to fund public transportation or road accident assistance, the bureau said.