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Didi Waimai, the taxi-hauling app Didi’s new food delivery platform, shared 9 posters on their official Weibo account on April 13th, claiming that a nationwide launch in site, also verifying earlier rumors of their entrance into nine cities.
Meituan, one of the world’s largest e-commerce platforms of services, announced today that the Company has entered into an agreement to acquire Mobike, one of the world’s largest smart bike-sharing companies.
The annual session of the China Development Forum (CDF) 2018 is taking place from March 24 to 26, 2018, with “China in the New Era” as its theme. Meituan-Dianping CEO Xing Wang presented at the “New Lifestyles in the AI Era” session.
Chinese consumers commonly order takeout with Meituan and hail rides with Didi. Yet, the two seemingly unrelated apps will start to compete with each other. Meituan will unveil ridesharing service on March 21 in Shanghai, while Didi will finalize preparations for the launch of its takeout business.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is planning to take over food delivery platform Ele.me for $9.5 billion. While Alibaba and ele.me have both declined to comment on “market rumors”, an Alibaba executive confirmed this news to the media without disclosing further details.
During the Spring Festival, Meituan Takeout maintained normal operations and allowed customers to make reservations for Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner.
Meituan Dianping is recruiting for unmanned vehicle delivery and UAV delivery. When recruitment is complete, its unmanned delivery department is expected to reach nearly 200 people.
Revenue in China’s catering industry exceeded 3.9 trillion yuan in 2017. The Chinese take-away market alone topped 300 billion yuan.
After operating a car-hailing service in Nanjing for 10 months, Meituan expanded its service to include Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Fuzhou and Xiamen on December 28.
