CCTV News:According to the WeChat official account of the Ministry of Transport, recently, the Ministry of Transport issued the "Notice on Maintaining Fair Competition Market Order and Accelerating the Promotion of Online Car-hailing Compliance" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice") to further maintain fair competition market order, accelerate the promotion of online car-hailing Compliance process, and promote the healthy and sustainable development of the online car-hailing industry.
The "Notice" pointed out that recently, some online car-hailing platform companies have recruited or induced unlicensed drivers and vehicles to "bring cars to join" and carried out illegal operations, which seriously disrupted the market order of fair competition and affected the safety and stability of the industry. Local transportation authorities should further improve their political position, fully understand the importance of online car-hailing compliance to maintaining a fair competitive market environment, and tighten the compliance of enterprises with the law.
The "Notice" requires that local transportation authorities should urge online car-hailing platform companies to operate in accordance with laws and regulations, and speed up the process of online car-hailing compliance. From now on, no new access to non-compliant vehicles and drivers, and speed up the removal of non-compliant drivers and vehicles. It is necessary to strengthen supervision and law enforcement, strictly regulate law enforcement behavior, and comprehensively use various means such as online and offline to increase the crackdown on illegal operation of online car-hailing, and continue to maintain a high-pressure situation. Online car-hailing platform companies that are still new access to non-compliant vehicles and drivers shall be investigated and dealt with in accordance with laws and regulations, and the relevant situation shall be reported to the Ministry of Transport. At the same time, it is necessary to formulate a work plan for online car-hailing compliance, clarify goals, refine measures, and effectively promote compliance work, and adhere to both regulatory norms and promotion of development, optimize the approval process, strengthen services, and resolutely break the "glass door" and "revolving door" of license processing, so as to facilitate the licensing of online car-hailing platform companies, vehicles and drivers that meet the conditions for entry.
The "Notice" emphasizes that local transportation authorities should urge enterprises to implement their main responsibilities, strengthen their awareness of fair competition, and guide the formation of a market environment that advocates, protects, and promotes fair competition. It is necessary to work with relevant departments to accelerate the establishment of an all-round, multi-level, and three-dimensional supervision system, and strengthen the supervision of online car-hailing platform companies in the whole chain and all fields before and after the event, so as to improve the supervision efficiency. It is necessary to cooperate with relevant departments to increase the intensity of double random inspection work, and strictly investigate and punish low-price dumping, big data killing, and inducing fraud and other violations of laws and regulations in accordance with the law. Promote the formation of a unified, open, competitive and orderly market system, and effectively maintain the market order of fair competition.
The "Notice" makes it clear that local transportation authorities should actively work with relevant departments to guide and urge online car-hailing platform companies to comply with the law, scientifically formulate platform order dispatch rules, standardize pricing behavior, improve the benefit distribution mechanism, reduce the excessive proportion, ensure that drivers receive reasonable labor remuneration and rest time, and give full play to the role of 12328 transportation service supervision telephone to deal with complaints from drivers and passengers about the operation behavior of the platform in a timely manner. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the dynamic monitoring of market operation, timely investigation and resolution of various contradictions and disputes and risk hazards, ensure the stability of the industry, and urge online car-hailing platform enterprises to strengthen the safety education of online car-hailing drivers, and improve the safety level of industry operations.
It is reported that from September 2021, the Ministry of Transport will announce the compliance rate of online car-hailing in 36 central cities every month. For cities where eligible vehicles and drivers fail to comply due to problems such as delays in permit processing, the Ministry of Transport will make the list of cities public to the public.