Didi says he will be more transparent about driver income after criticism

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A driver for the Chinese carpool service Didi drives with a phone displaying a navigation map on the Didi app in Beijing, China on July 5, 2021. REUTERS / Tingshu Wang / File Photo

BEIJING, Aug.16 (Reuters) – Chinese company Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) said on Monday that drivers in several Chinese cities would be able to learn details of how Didi pays them, the giant’s first big gesture transport after criticized by state media that it unfairly remunerates drivers.

In an article on Weibo, Didi said that drivers in seven Chinese cities would be the first to know the details of how much they receive and how much passengers pay for each trip.

Didi will continue to adjust its pricing strategy after receiving responses from drivers, he said.

In May, China’s state-owned Xinhua News Agency said in an investigative report that Didi received more than 30% of what customers pay for a ride and criticized the unfair policy.

After Xinhua’s report, Didi said in a post that drivers received an average of 79.1% of passenger transportation costs last year and that 3.1% of the costs will go to his profits.

Didi is the subject of a cybersecurity investigation by several Chinese regulators after launching its initial public offering of $ 4.4 billion in New York in June despite the decline of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC). Read more

Reporting by Yilei Sun and Brenda Goh; Editing by Lincoln Feast.

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