Didi to resume app downloads and new user registrations as Beijing security probe nears completion: report

  • The ban on Didi accepting new users may be lifted as early as this week, while its apps are likely to be reinstated at the same time, the WSJ said
  • Didi said last Thursday it had submitted a NYSE delisting notification, which would take effect in about 10 days

A screen displays trading information for ride-hailing giant Didi Global on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, December 3, 2021. Photo: Reuters

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, whose New York listing under the name Didi Global triggered a cybersecurity investigation nearly a year ago, will soon be cleared by regulators to resume normal business, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Monday.

The ban on Didi accepting new users may be lifted as early as this week, while its 26 apps that were removed from domestic app stores a week after the investigation began, are also likely to be reinstated at that time, according to the report, which cited people familiar with the discussion.

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