8 online ride-hailing platform companies have disclosed rectification plans to the public
CCTV NewsAt a press conference held by the State Council Information Office this morning, Vice Minister of Transport Liu Xiaoming said that as one of the new transportation formats, online car-hailing is an innovation in transportation service methods, which has brought new experiences, new choices and convenience to the people’s travel. In recent years, the online car-hailing industry has gradually been brought into standardized management, but there are still many problems in its development process.
In response to a number of safety incidents in the field of ride-hailing last year, since September 5, 2018, the relevant member units of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on Coordinated Supervision of New Formats of Transportation and the Emergency Management Department have formed a work inspection team for online car-hailing and ride-hailing safety special projects, and have successively entered 8 online car-hailing platform companies such as Didi Chuxing, Shouqi Car-hailing, Shenzhou Special Car, Cao Cao Special Car, Yidao Car, Meituan Travel, TikTok Travel, Autonavi, etc., to carry out joint safety special project inspections, and point out problems and put forward rectification requirements. At present, 8 online car-hailing platform companies have respectively formulated a comprehensive rectification plan, put forward specific rectification measures and time schedule arrangements, and have been disclosed to the whole society.
Since the release and implementation of the policy on deepening the reform of the taxi industry, the Ministry of Transport, together with relevant departments, has issued a number of supporting policies and measures to guide and urge all localities to further deepen the reform of the taxi industry, strengthen the safety management of the online car-hailing industry, strengthen the joint supervision of multiple departments during and after the event, and speed up the process of online car-hailing compliance. Online car-hailing has entered the track of standardized development. As of February 22, 247 cities above the prefecture level have issued detailed implementation rules. All kinds of Internet companies, traditional taxi companies, leasing companies and vehicle manufacturing enterprises and other market entities have entered the online car-hailing market. More than 110 online car-hailing platform companies have obtained business licenses. About 680,000 online car-hailing driver licenses and about 450,000 vehicle transportation licenses have been issued nationwide.
In the next step, the Ministry of Transport will continue to guide all localities to implement the policy, strengthen follow-up research and judgment, evaluate and optimize the implementation of the policy in a timely manner, build a diverse and differentiated travel service system, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of the taxi industry.
At present, among the 338 cities above the prefecture level across the country, 247 cities have issued detailed implementation rules, and 26 cities have completed public opinion work; among the 112 online car-hailing platform companies that have obtained business licenses, 27 platform companies have carried out operations; among them, Didi has obtained business licenses in 122 cities, but actually has operations in 316 cities; Cao Cao’s special car has obtained business licenses in 74 cities and operates in 30 of them. In December 2018, the number of online car-hailing drivers who received more than 10 orders per day across the country was about 800,000. (CCTV reporter, Tang Ying)