Didi shares data with local government to weed out illegal drivers
A staff member of Didi Chuxing shows some of the companies data to officers with local traffic authority.
Chinese ride-sharing platform Didi Chuxing has begun to share some of its real time data with regulators in Shanghai to better weed out illegal drivers, authorities said on Sunday.
The data, including the information of the cars and drivers registered on Didi, and orders the drivers take, has now been synchronized with local authorities' supervisory platform.
This is the fourth time that officials from local transport, traffic and police authorities paid Didi a visit for inspection. In previous inspections, Didi was urged to upload all data and come up with a plan to sack all unqualified drivers. However, the company submitted heaps of printed paperwork which later turned out to have no information about these drivers.
The regulation on Shanghai’s ride-hailing business stipulates the driver must have local residency and a car with a local plate.
Didi said it uploaded the real time data to the supervisory platform on September 26 and some 13,000 illegal cars registered on Didi were weeded out.
Another 12,000 drivers that failed to pass the identity check were also suspended from taking orders, Didi said.
From September 25 to 28, the traffic authority busted 37 illegal ride-hailing drivers around the city, 28 of which were Didi drivers.
Authorities said the information of these drivers are now in the supervisory platform.
They said they will have a review on all the information Didi submitted and keep a close eye on the company to see the overhaul through.
