On the 19th, the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Transportation and Public Transportation Bureau issued a notice to the public: As of midnight on April 21, the Municipal Transport Bureau suspended the handling of new capacity licensing issues for taxis (including online booking taxis). The Municipal Public Security Bureau Transportation Authority suspended accepting licenses for the registration of new vehicle registrations for taxis as an operational nature. This also became the first city in China to introduce a policy to suspend new taxis.
Data Map: The people use the network about car service. Photo taken by China News Service reporter Wu Junjie
According to the notification from the two agencies, the Nanjing Municipal Government issued the "Implementation Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Taxi Industry" (Ning Zhengfa (2017) No. 13) in January 2017, and the "Issue on the issuance of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Internet Taxi Booking in Nanjing City." Notice (Ningzheng Regulations [2017] No. 1).
Since the implementation of the document, the number of online booking taxis has grown rapidly. At present, it has seven platform companies and nearly 20,000 taxis for online appointments. In addition to the original taxis, the total transportation capacity has reached more than 30,000 vehicles. Vehicle platform company to seize market share, the use of non-qualified vehicles and personnel, the use of high value of two-way subsidy below the cost and other illegal business practices, undermined the taxi market environment, but also to bring tremendous pressure on the city traffic order.
According to the "Nanjing Municipal Government's Implementation Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Taxi Industry" (Ningzhengfa [2017] No. 13), 'According to the principle of misplaced development and differentiated operation, the network's vehicle capacity will exert its role in the allocation of resources to meet the needs of the general public. Diversification, individualized travel service requirements. The transportation department issues monitoring reports and alerts to guide them. When necessary, the government takes control measures.
In order to ensure the orderly operation of urban transport, the reform of the taxi industry was steadily promoted, the taxi rental market environment was purified, and combined with the actual conditions of the taxi industry in the city, Nanjing decided to take the following measures:
Establish multi-sectoral joint enforcement mechanisms such as transportation, public security, price, and industry and commerce, and focus on the centralized rectification of the taxi market.
From the midnight of April 21, 2018, the Nanjing Municipal Transport Bureau suspended the acceptance of new capacity licensing issues for taxis. The licensing conditions and the invoice date for “Public Invoice Sales for Motor Vehicles” were before 24 o'clock on April 20, 2018. Except for vehicles, the above vehicles should be submitted in accordance with the provisions of the application for permission before July 20, 2018, overdue will not be accepted.
From 02:00 on April 21, 2018, the Traffic Management Bureau of the Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau suspended the acceptance of permission to register newly-added vehicles for taxi operations as an operation.