A Didi Chuxing autonomous taxi during a pilot test drive on the streets in Shanghai. Didi, which is China’s biggest ride hailing service provider, is developing a swathe of auto-related technologies. — AFP
HONG KONG: China's top ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing is considering Hong Kong for a multi-billion-dollar initial public offering (IPO) next year, people with knowledge of the matter said, rethinking previous aims to list in New York amid rising US-China tension.
Didi, backed by technology investment giants SoftBank, Alibaba and Tencent, has started initial talks with investment banks for the long-awaited IPO, according to three people. The people spoke on condition of anonymity as the information, including the identity of the banks, was private.
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