Life of 10 drivers for web taxi-hailing services

Editor's note: They may be a white-collar worker returning home, a company salesperson, a hotel staffer, a stay-at-home dad, a factory owner or a construction worker, but now they are all driving for internet taxi services.

In a recently promulgated regulation for this industry, China confirmed the legitimacy of internet taxi services, and categorized vehicles in this service as "taxis for reserved services." Public statistics show that more than 13.3 million people nationwide have registered on Didi, the largest of such a platform in China, to become a driver for Hitch, Express, Private Car, and Designated Driving.

This shows that driving for internet taxi services is becoming a hot profession.

Qi Jia is around 30 years old and registered as a Didi Hitch driver in March of this year, following her friend's advice. She started working in a foreign-funded company in Beijing after obtaining a diploma with Bournemouth University in U.K. two years ago.