East China's Nanjing city announced measures to limit the number of taxis and for-hire vehicles Thursday.

 

南京市周四宣布措施限制出租车以及网约车数量。

 

From Saturday, Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, will approve no new licenses¹ for vehicles for hire, which include taxis and Internet-based ride-hailing vehicles. The restriction² is not permanent and it may be loosened at "an appropriate time."

 

Some Internet-based ride-hailing platforms recently used incentives³ to recruit a large number of unlicensed drivers, causing chaos⁴ in the market and putting pressure on traffic in the city.

 

Since last year, the number of ride-hailing vehicles soared in Nanjing to nearly 20,000, bringing the total number of vehicles for hire to 30,000, according to an official with the Nanjing transport bureau.

 

Ride-hailing developed fast in China. DiDi, the dominant⁵ player, claims more than 25 million rides each day through more than 21 million registered drivers and car owners, according to the company.

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