DIDI Chuxing, a ride-sharing giant in China, has been ordered to withdraw its bikes from Shenzhen’s streets.
In an announcement released Saturday, one day after Didi put 20,000 Qingju bikes onto the city’s streets, the transport commission said the authorities, for the time being, had rejected Didi’s plan to open a bike business in Shenzhen, as the city is still clearing and regulating the shared bikes piled up on the streets.
The commission held a joint conference March 8 after receiving an application report from Didi. The conference decided not to increase the input of bikes as the streets are fully occupied. At present there are 890,000 shared-bikes in Shenzhen. The commission said that bike-sharing enterprises are not allowed to add more bikes to the Shenzhen market before the government completes research and standardizes the market. On Friday night, Didi placed around 20,000 bikes in Futian, Luohu, Bao’an and Longhua districts.
Didi recently launched its bike rental platform in Beijing and Shenzhen. The platform was integrated into the ride-hailing giant’s original app and includes bikes from ofo and bluegogo as well as its own brand, Qingju.
Users can ride Qingju bikes without paying a deposit after submitting their Sesame Credit score, which is operated by Alibaba’s financial arm, Ant Financial, during registration. The fee is 1 yuan (US$0.16) for the first 60 minutes and 0.5 yuan for every additional 30 minutes.
Didi hasn’t commented on the transport commission’s decision, and its bikes were still seen on streets as of yesterday.
