10 companies included AMAP, owned by Alibaba Group Holding, as well as Houlala, Kuaigou Dache, and carmaker Geely’s Caocao.
The regulators — made up of the Ministry of Transport, the Cyberspace Administration of China, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, amongst others – accused the companies of opaque mechanisms in distributing ride-hailing orders, abuse of pricing rules, excessively high commissions and perpetuating a monopoly on freight data.
“[The problems] have infringed on the legitimate rights and interests of industry practitioners and caused widespread concern in the society,” said China Transport News.