Hard to say. Depends on the city and province you live in, but mainly it depends on the officer who you deal with :)
I read in the net that at the Shanghai Hongqiao Airport Traffic Police Station I could get it more easy than in the main station in Minghang.
A Chinese friend called them to ask what I need to bring and they said just Passport, Residence Permit and my German Driver License.
Since I am a tourist here and not a worker I don’t have such permit. I only have a "Registration Form of Temporary Residence" in Shanghai. Its called yellow paper but its actually pink.
I went there and they couldn’t speak really english. Gave them my passport and the registration and they seem to be ok. Start filling out lots of forms for me in Chinese. I signed all. than they send me to a hospital to make a medical test. There I wait two hours until they tell me I need to bring a picture first, only than they can make the test. Ok, so back to the station, they make the pic and finally after a funny hearing and seeing test I get the document from the hospital.
Back at the station I get a booklet to learn 100 questions. After 45 minutes they bring me to an PC where I need to answer the same questions in the same order...just the order of the buttons are not A B C, there are C B A, but I know that before. Got 96 points and after another half our they give me my license. Somehow I got the real one with C1E mean you can drive car and two wheelers. License is valid for six years.
By law they shouldn’t gave me that one as we found out later when I wanted a replacement and they insist on the real Residence Permit. Still got it. In China you have luck or you don’t. Depends on the day, so just try it :)
500 meters after I left proudly the police station my clutch cable broke. Took me four hours to get a new one. So much about luck. Haha.
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