China's Ministry of Transport on Monday released a work plan, demanding major ride-hailing platforms to lower the ceiling on excessive commission fees by end-May, in a latest move to protect new platform-economy workers' rights and prop up the industry's healthy development.
Major online ride-hailing and road freight transportation platforms are asked to cut their excessive commission fees or cap their membership fees by end-May, according to a notice issued on the website of the ministry on Monday.
The ministry will strive to standardize platform companies in the transport business, in order to create a favorable employment environment and promote the sound, sustainable and high-quality development of the industry, the notice said.
The move was welcomed by ride-hailing drivers. A driver told the Global Times on Monday that the platform takes too much in commission fees, which sometimes exceed 30 percent of the total order, and many drivers are now reluctant to take orders through ride-hailing platforms.
By end-May, major ride-hailing platforms should complete the work to lower the caps for excessive commission fees or membership fees.
