and accounted for 23.0% of all netizens, up by 5.8 percentage points over the first half of 2016. User Scale and Utilization Ratio of Online Taxi/Car Booking Jun. 2016 – Dec. 2016 10,000persons 25000 22463 40% 20000 30.7% 15850 16799 30% 15000 22.3% 23.0% 12183 20% 10000 17.2% 5000 10% 0 0% 2016.6 2016.12 Number of online taxi booking users Number of online car booking users Usage rate of online taxi booking (by all Internet users) Usage rate of online car booking (by all Internet users) Source： Statistical Survey on Internet Development in China 2016.12 Figure 69 User Scale and Utilization Ratio of Online Taxi/Car Booking Jun. 2016 – Dec. 2016 Online car-hailing service is a typical service of sharing economy, playing an important role in efficiently using vehicle resources to meet travel needs of users. Online car-hailing market was gradually stabilized in 2016. Related measures on the management of online car-hailing services have been introduced to standardize the market. In July 2016, the Guiding Opinions on Deepening the Reform to Promote the Healthy Development of the Taxi Industry was released to promote the reform of the taxi industry and establish a diversified service system in which cruising taxis and bookable taxis coexists. Guided by the policy, the scale of online taxi-hailing users grew by 41.7% in the second half of 2016. The Interim Measures for the Administration of Online Taxi Booking Business and Services came into force on November 1, 2016. From the perspective of national laws and regulations, it has legalized the status of online car-hailing, incorporated online car-hailing into the taxi system, and imposed strict access conditions on drivers and vehicles. It has also set higher requirements for online car-hailing platforms to protect the private information of passengers and ensure the safe operation of online car-hailing services. Online car-hailing service platforms have worked to explore new profitable directions as a way to underpin their transformation. In 2016, Didi was committed to promoting its overseas car 84 rental business and made strategic investment in the field of shared bike. In addition, it launched The 39th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China