Car rental in Guangzhou

For all roads in China there are speed limits:

• Outside built-up areas, cars can travel at speeds of up to 120 km/h on motorways, and up to 80 km/h on other roads.
• On urban roads, the speed limit is up to 30 km/h on single-lane roads, and up to 70 km/h on other roads. On high-speed urban roads, these limits increase to 100 km/h.

Across the territory of China there are in total more than 100 000 km of roads, 90% of which are toll roads. Many of them were built between 1990 and 2000 and in that time have fully paid for themselves. The fee for using toll roads in China is one of the highest in the world. The official figure for annual toll charges is about 45 billion dollars. If we talk specifically about Guangzhou, the tolls on the motorway here are as follows:

• The motorway that connects the capital of Guangdong Province with the city of Shenzhen has a length of 122 km. To drive along it in one direction, a car owner has to pay $11.
• By 2012, the tolls on that motorway had reached a record 6.47 billion dollars.
• According to the law, after a new motorway has paid for itself, all tolls for using it must be removed.

China is unique not only for its history, many cultural traditions and national characteristics. Everything here is distinctive, including its own system of road signs and national legislation. The system is characterised by the following groups of signs:

• Direction signs, which, in addition to the standard black and white signs, include green road signs for motorways, brown for tourist attractions, and blue for other facilities.
• Warning signs, which are yellow triangles with a black symbol.
• Mandatory and prohibitory signs, which are similar to European equivalents: either blue, or round with a red border.

When driving on Chinese roads you will often see unusual signs with large graphic illustrations. They are very similar to social advertising, but the information on them encourages drivers to remain alert while driving. They may include requirements to ensure that occupants wear seatbelts, to avoid drinking alcoholic beverages while driving, and not to talk on a mobile phone without a hands-free device.

After fuel prices fell from 27.01.2015, the National Commission reduced the cost of diesel fuel by 350 yuan and petrol by 365 yuan. When recalculated per litre, petrol with an octane rating of 90 fell by 0.27 yuan/litre, and diesel fuel by 0.30 yuan/litre. Today, the cost of petrol in the capital regions of China is as follows:

• Petrol A-92 - 5 yuan per litre.
• Petrol 90-RON - 5 yuan per litre.

This is due to global trends of declining oil prices and the fact that the country remains one of the world's largest producers of its own "black gold". As of June 2015, the average price of petrol at filling stations in China is $1.14 per litre.