What they say

Yan Feng, professor of Chinese language and literature at Fudan University

The fact that Didi refused to provide the car's license plate number and the driver's phone number out of privacy concerns is an abuse of the concept of privacy. The "hitch" service is a public service during working hours, so the public has the right to know and supervise. The driver's number is encrypted anyway, so it has nothing to do with personal privacy. As for the car's license plate, I suggest that all license plates on ride-hailing platforms should be traceable, as well as the driver's credit record.

Huang Shaoqing, researcher of applied economics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University