Authorities act on complaints

SHANGHAI: Authorities here are determined to curb the growing problem of unlicensed taxis, an official said yesterday.

Cai Jinyan, deputy chief of the Shanghai urban transport administrative law enforcement general brigade, told China Daily that a new crackdown on unlicensed taxis will start very soon.

Since the unit was formed in January 2006, 66,000 unlicensed taxies have been caught, 18,000 this year, he said.