Didi offers US$10mil relief fund to help overseas drivers cope with the effects of Covid-19 pandemic


Chinese tech companies have collectively pledged billions of yuan to help fight the epidemic. — SCMP

Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing platform, has launched a US$10mil (RM42.82mil) special relief fund to help drivers in its international markets cope with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Beijing-based company will provide financial relief to its drivers and delivery couriers diagnosed with the deadly disease, it said in a statement on March 13.

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