11 Online Car Hailing Platforms Interviewed Have Deep Meaning: After Didi Was Removed From The Shelves, All The Online Car Hailing Platforms Started Illegal Operation And Entered

On September 1, the Ministry of transport and other five departments jointly interviewed 11 online car Hailing platform companies, including T3 travel, meituan travel, Caocao travel, Gaode, Didi, Shouqi, Dida, xiangdao, Ruqi, sunshine and Wanshun.

The interview pointed out that in recent years, some platform companies have engaged in vicious competition through various marketing means, and recruited or induced drivers and vehicles without permission to "join in with the car" to carry out illegal operation, disrupt the market order of fair competition, affect the safety and stability of the industry, and damage the legitimate rights and interests of drivers and passengers.

"After didi travel app was removed from the shelves in July, other travel platforms hope to seize the vacant market, especially T3 travel and meituan travel. Some companies have launched the" join in with car "mode to expand transport capacity in a great leap forward manner, which has hidden the risk of illegal operation. It's not a coincidence that T3 is at the top of the interview list. " An online car Hailing insider told the 21st century economic reporter.

The interview stressed that all platform companies should put forward specific targets for the standardization of vehicles and drivers by the end of this year. This means that the process of compliance, which is difficult to solve, will be vigorously promoted.

The above-mentioned industry insiders believe that illegal operation is a chronic disease of the online car Hailing industry, and it is also the root cause of hindering the healthy development of the industry. Only by solving the illegal operation can the safety of passengers and the rights and interests of drivers be protected.

The interview stressed that all platform companies should put forward specific targets for the standardization of vehicles and drivers by the end of this year. This means that the process of compliance, which is difficult to solve, will be vigorously promoted. Visual China

Top three interviewees

According to the interview requirements, all platform companies should immediately stop recruiting non-conforming vehicles and drivers, and those who are unable to provide license will not be registered when drivers are newly registered. It is necessary to speed up the clearance of existing non-conforming vehicles and drivers on the platform, and require the qualified drivers and vehicles to apply for the corresponding license for online car Hailing as soon as possible.

After didi travel app was removed from the shelves in July, other travel platforms saw expansion opportunities. Almost at the same time that didi was removed from the shelves, T3 travel launched drivers to join in in some cities, intending to expand its capacity rapidly.

T3 travel was established in March 2019, and its shareholders include FAW, Dongfeng Motor, Changan Automobile, Tencent, Alibaba, etc., with a total investment of nearly 10 billion yuan. T3 travel adopts B2C mode, and the three major automobile manufacturers provide vehicles and recruit drivers for operation. The advantage of this model is that the service is standardized, but the operation is too heavy.

According to the industry insiders, in the first quarter of this year, the growth rate of T3 travel in the industry has been one of the best. After didi was removed from the shelves, T3 travel held a national franchise conference to launch the driver franchise mode and expand more rapidly.

However, the problem of illegal operation also appears. According to reports, on August 28, Hangzhou law enforcement authorities investigated a T3 travel driver who did not have the qualifications of online car Hailing drivers, and then found that 24 drivers did not have the qualifications. In the inspection, the law enforcement department found that in addition to 4798 self owned vehicles, there are more than 5000 multi platform online car hailing and their drivers.

In the same month, T3 travel in Hefei, Nanchang, because the driver was not qualified to get a ticket“ For regulators, they are reluctant to see the situation that once led to a large number of non compliant drivers and vehicles flooding in again. " The industry said.

Meituan travel is also expanding. Wang Xing said at a recent financial report meeting that since July, it has launched self operated online car Hailing service in 37 cities.

"Meituan travel has obtained the platform qualification in these cities before, but it did not carry out operation immediately. Now didi has been removed from the shelves, so that they can see the opportunity. I don't think meituan travel will adopt the B2C mode similar to that before T3 travel. It has not been implemented in Shanghai and Nanjing, the two headquarters of meituan travel, because the cost of this mode is too high and the travel position in meituan's business system is not so high. " The people said.

It is also reported that Cao Cao travel has recently completed a new round of financing, with a financing amount of billions of yuan. Cao Cao travel at first also implemented B2C mode, then let drivers join.

The interview stressed that all platform companies should strengthen their awareness of fair competition, respect market rules, and further standardize their business behaviors. They should not use capital for vicious competition and disorderly expansion, exclude and restrict competition, or disturb the normal market order. In particular, they should not induce drivers to join in with false propaganda.

It is hard to say coincidence that T3 travel, meituan travel and Cao Cao travel are among the top three interviewees.

According to the statistics of the national online car Hailing supervision information interaction platform, as of July 31, 2021, among the online car Hailing platforms with more than 300000 orders, the order compliance rate (referring to the proportion of the orders that drivers and vehicles have obtained permission) ranked first and second respectively, huaxiaozhu travel and meituan taxi taking respectively. The most decreased compliance rates were xiangdao travel, T3 travel and carrying China travel.

The key to deal with illegal operation

The protection of the rights and interests of new economy practitioners has recently become a hot topic of public policy, and this interview has been mentioned again.

The interview stressed that all platform companies should play an active role in promoting scientific and technological progress, prospering the market economy, facilitating people's lives and increasing social employment. It is necessary to scientifically formulate the platform order distribution rules to ensure drivers to obtain reasonable labor remuneration and rest time; It is necessary to standardize the pricing behavior, reduce the proportion of drawing, and actively announce the pricing rules and proportion to the society, so as to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of the drivers and passengers.

On August 18, at the regular policy briefing of the Information Office of the State Council, the Ministry of transport said that it would require online car Hailing platform enterprises to standardize their independent pricing behavior, reduce the excessive proportion of car hailing, strengthen the communication and consultation with drivers, set the upper limit of the proportion of extraction and make it known to the public.

"Some travel aggregation platforms have implemented a free commission policy for a long time, and some online car Hailing platforms are free of commission at a fixed time every year, which shows that it is feasible for the platform to reduce the proportion of commission in the business model." Yin Hao, Secretary General of online car Hailing Branch of China Urban Public Transport Association, said.

Paying social security for online car Hailing drivers is also a hot topic. According to a survey of 7850 online car Hailing drivers in 12 cities published recently, only 19.12% of online car Hailing platform paid social insurance for drivers. More than 80% of online car Hailing drivers failed to participate in social insurance for urban employees.

"It's not realistic to let the platform pay for the driver's social security, because many cities allow the same driver to operate across platforms, so it's impossible to determine which platform should pay for it. It is also difficult for leasing companies to pay for social security. The income source of leasing companies is only shared from the orders on the platform. If they pay for social security, more than half of the leasing companies will lose money or even go bankrupt. " Yin Hao told the 21st century economic report.

According to Yin Hao, the feasible way is for local governments to reduce the social security payment standard for the new business mode, and then the payment should be reasonably shared by the platform, rental companies and drivers.

"Full payment of social security also requires a prerequisite, that is, to squeeze out non-conforming transport capacity and increase the income of compliant drivers and rental companies." He said.

According to the statistics of the national online car Hailing supervision information exchange platform, as of July 31, 2021, a total of 3.51 million online car Hailing driver's licenses and 1.357 million vehicle transport certificates were issued, up 0.5% and 2.3% respectively on a month on month basis.

Why is it difficult to clean up non compliant capacity“ As far as we know, the vast majority of non-compliance drivers are individual drivers, not within the management scope of rental companies. In some second tier cities, individual drivers can account for 70% of all online car Hailing drivers. They either register on the platform alone, or they are affiliated with the leasing company in the form of "joining in with the car", or they get tacit approval because they buy cars from rental companies. " Yin Hao said.

"To put an end to illegal operation has become a consensus in the industry, and has been recognized by platforms, rental companies and passengers who hope to develop healthily. After all, the first thing in the online car Hailing market is not the concept of sharing economy, but safe and professional services." He said.

?