Authors: Gloria

XU, Cheng CHEN, Qianfei WANG

On August 1, 2017, the Guiding Opinions on Encouraging and Regulating the Development of

Internet Bicycle Rentals (Jiao Yun Fa [2017] No. 109) (the “Opinions”) was jointly promulgated

with State Council approval by ten ministries and departments, including the Ministry of Transport,

the Publicity Department of CPC, the Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs,

the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information

Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development,

the People's Bank of China, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and

Quarantine and the National Tourism Administration. Before the promulgation of the Opinions,

which is the first national departmental rules specially aimed at the Internet bicycle rental

(hereinafter referred to as "bike-sharing") industry, road traffic administration or other related

departments in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shijiazhuang and

several other cities had successively released normative documents or drafts for comments of such

documents related to bike-sharing industry.

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