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Aya Lin · · 1 min readIn brief: Didi to increase driver safety with 2,000-strong team
- Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi will set up a team of 2,000 service staff to increase its focus on offline driver management and support, TechNode reported.
- Fu Qiang, CEO of Didi’s ride-hailing business group, said in an open memo to its drivers that the company aims to “help drivers solve the problems they encounter in their work,” while soliciting their feedback. The company said it will continue providing its drivers with safety training.
- The move follows incidents of attacks targeted on drivers: one in March and two others in 2017 and 2018.
- The company has so far focused on passenger safety following the murder of two users on separate occasions in 2018.
Editing by Dante Gagelonia and Charmaine de Lazo
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