Top 10 trends in China's internet development

Updated: 2016-09-02 07:15

By Zhu Lingqing(chinadaily.com.cn)

The icons of the mobile apps of taxi-hailing apps Didi Chuxing (upper) and Uber on a smartphone are pictured in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, August 1, 2016. [Photo/IC]

Trend 8: Online ride-hailing services are getting more customers

As ride-hailing services have been granted legal status in China, it has been used by 159 million users as of June, which means 22.3 percent of internet users have tried the service.