Proposed Rules Would Ban Private Autos from Car-Hire App Industry

(Beijing) – The government is mulling new rules that would mean private cars cannot be used to offer rides through popular car-hailing mobile applications like Uber and Didi-Kuaidi.

Any vehicles used in the car-hailing app business would have to be registered for commercial use with transport authorities under a proposed nationwide regulation that will soon be announced, a person with knowledge of the matter says.