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Fine withdrawn in China's first ride-hailing trial

Xinhua, December 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

A court in east China's Shandong province decided on Friday that a private car owner's fine should be revoked in China's first case involving a cab-hailing app.

The Shizhong District People's Court of Jinan, capital of Shandong, ruled that the Jinan public passenger transport administration center should withdraw a 20,000 yuan (2,900 U.S. dollars) fine it issued to Chen Chao, a private car owner, in January 2015.

Chen was carrying passengers who found him via Didi in January and was fined for not having a license to carry paying passengers.

Private car owners are not allowed to carry passengers for profit in China under the current law.

The court decided that although Chen did transport passengers without a license, his behavior posed little threat to society and the punishment was too severe. Endi