Hello everyone:
This is my first message in the forum! I've been checking on Mychinamoto for a while, since i wanted to start riding, but didn't have a chinese license, or even a valid motorcycle license back home. I've just started doing it from scratch and i believe sharing my experience could be of some help for someone in my same situation.
First, I want to say thay i live in Songjiang, (Shanghai) so likewise most people here, a 户A or 户 C plate is unaffordable for me, therefore I intend to go with the second best option, being fully legal but carry an out-of-town plate.
My main concern was wether an english test was available or not, so I asked at a driving school, where they firstly told me that they didn't know (pretty funny, because this is their business).
After pushing them a bit, they made a phone call and told me that an english version was indeed available, i felt kind of skeptical about it, since the info I got from the internet said opposite, including this forum.
Anyway, I decided to give it a try and signed up for the exam.
I got my exam date appointed for subjects 1 and 4, the written part. Once at the examination place, the officer who was about to assignate me a computer in the exam room asked if I wanted to do it in english or even in my mother tongue, and I said english was fine, relieved because it finally seemed like actually there was an english version.
Right after that, he probably got and error in the computer and he said: well
, there is no english, but your wife can come in and translate it for you.
So we did, and I managed to pass both tests... I don't know if this was an exception... because even the officer there thought there was an english version in the beginning, but there wasn't. Probably not many foreigners have tried before at that location...but well, that's how it turned out to be. Hope this helps if anyone is doubting about giving it a go, like I was... Now wish me luck for the practical part :-D
Cheers!