Published: 10:58pm, 21 Jul, 2016 Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018
Chinese ride - hailing operator Didi Chuxing has claimed to have given over 10 million jobs to former heavy industry workers across China . according to their studies , the company employs approximately 3.89 million full - time and part - time drivers from 17 heavy - industry provinces . These figures allegedly represent 60.2 % of the Chinese government ’s reemployment targets for heavy industry workers as the country tries to reduce the size of it ’s fossil - fuel economy .