China Summons 11 Ride-Hailing Firms in Latest Crackdown

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Chinese regulators summoned Didi, Geelyโ€™s Caocao, and nine other ride-hailing firms on Sept. 1, and accused them of vicious competition, illegal operations, and disrupting the market order.

This is the latest action of the Chinese Communist Partyโ€™s (CCP) multi-pronged crackdown on its tech companies, and the second summons after the regulators ordered 10 ride-hailing firms to set up an organization CCP members will lead on May 14.

In recent months, Chinese regulators have launched new rules on online video games, tech companies who seek to list on foreign stock exchanges, cloud computing businesses, e-commerce companies, online financing businesses, education, celebrity fan clubs, Bitcoin, and sharing economy that includes ride-sharing, bike-sharing, and home-sharing.

In the ride-hailing business, the Chinese regime first clamped down on Didi by removing its 25 mobile apps from app stores in early July, days after Didiโ€™s $4.4 billion listing on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30. Didi is Chinaโ€™s ride-hailing sector leader, and shares nearly 90 percent of the market.

On Sept. 1, Didi reported that it would set up a trade union to meet with the regimeโ€™s request, and the union will operate under the supervision of All-China Federation of Trade Unions, an organization controlled by the Chinese regime. Overseas China affairs commentators and Chinaโ€™s scholars analyzed that the crackdown on the ride-hailing business is suppressing the privately-owned companies and creating the conditions for state-run businesses to take over the private ones.

The Chinese Transportation Ministry announced on Sept. 2 that it had summoned 11 ride-hailing firms with the Cyberspace Administration, Industry and Information Technology Ministry, Public Security Ministry, and State Administration for Market Supervision on the previous day.

The 11 companies include Didi and Meituan, which employ millions of drivers, e-commerce giant Alibabaโ€™s AutoNavi, automaker Geelyโ€™s Caocao, state-owned Shouqi Limousine & Chauffeur, Dida Chuxing, state-owned automaker SAIC Motorโ€™s Saic Mobility, state-owned automaker GACโ€™s Ruqi Mobility, T3 Chuxing, Yangguang Chuxing, and Wanshun Jiaoche.

Byย Nicole Hao

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