Sampling survey report on taxi operation in Yueyang city center

I. Basic information

1. Project name: Sampling survey of relevant data on taxi operation in downtown Yueyang.

2. Origin of the project: Yueyang Road Transportation Management Office applied for price adjustment according to relevant regulations, and it was approved by Yueyang Development and Reform Commission, which met the relevant regulations of price setting. Our team arranged this sampling survey according to the cost project plan (YCS201704).

3. Scope of investigation: The scope of this sampling survey is the average total mileage, passenger mileage, idle mileage, valuation amount and operation trips of taxi stands in Yueyang downtown from 2014 to 2016.

4. Basic information: As of July 2017, there were 11 taxi companies in the downtown area of our city, with 1,770 taxis and nearly 4,000 employees. The current business model is mainly contract management, that is, taxi companies purchase vehicles after obtaining the management right approved by the government, and allocate relevant facilities according to the government’s requirements for taxis, and then contract them to qualified lessees for operation. At present, there are two types of taxis in the downtown area of our city, namely, the new Jetta original dual-fuel car (about 60%) and the new Elysee dual-fuel car (about 40%).

5. Working time of investigation: July 25-July 31, 2017.

Second, the main basis of the investigation

1. Policy basis

(1) People’s Republic of China (PRC) Price Law;

(2) The National Development and Reform Commission’s Measures for Supervision and Examination of Price and Cost Formulated by the Government (Decree No.42);

(3) The National Development and Reform Commission’s Rules for Government-formulated Price Behavior (Decree No.44);

(4) General Technical Specification for Supervision and Examination of Pricing Costs (Trial) issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (No.1219 [2007] of NDRC);

5] Detailed Rules for the Supervision and Examination of Price Cost Formulated by Hunan Provincial Government (Xiang Jia Cheng [2006] No.74);

[6] Guiding Opinions of General Office of the State Council on Deepening Reform and Promoting the Healthy Development of Taxi Industry (Guo Ban Fa [2016] No.58).

2. Relevant units under investigation provide the basis.

(1) the Yueyang city taxi operation related situation;

(2) Other relevant information.

Third, the investigation procedure

The investigation on the relevant data of taxi operation in Yueyang City is divided into five steps:

1. Yueyang City Price and Cost Investigation Team informed Yueyang City Road Transportation Management Office and Yueyang City Taxi Industry Association to report the relevant data of taxi operation in Yueyang city center in recent three years, and attached relevant supporting materials;

2. The cost supervision and examination team went to Yueyang Yiai Information Technology Co., Ltd. to sample vehicles on the spot as required, and verified the sampled vehicles and their data one by one;

3. According to the verified data of the sampled vehicles, the cost supervision and examination team went to the taxi company where the sampled vehicles belong to screen out the effective sampled vehicles as required, and collected and summarized the data to listen to the opinions of the investigated units;

4. Hold a centralized joint review meeting. Discuss the preliminary results put forward by the investigation team and the opinions put forward by the investigated unit, form an investigation report and inform the investigated unit;

5. After the investigation team submitted the sampling investigation report on the taxi operation in Yueyang downtown area to the relevant units and the leaders of the Committee for examination and approval, our team issued a formal investigation report.

Fourth, the investigation requirements

In order to ensure the representativeness, authenticity and accuracy of the sampling survey, combined with the actual situation of the taxi industry in our city, this survey draws a certain number of sampled vehicles from three large taxi companies in our city, namely Hongle Taxi Company, Sanwei Taxi Company and Licheng Taxi Company. The specific requirements are as follows:

1. The sampled vehicles must be rental vehicles with the same license plate number that have been continuously operated in 2014-2016;

2, sampling vehicles not less than 20;

3. Sampling vehicles in the following situations are not considered as effective sampling vehicles:

(1) Rental vehicles with GPS system failure, major accidents or single-shift operation during the investigation period;

(2) Taxi operated without meter charging for a long time during the investigation period;

(3) Rental vehicles with an operating cycle of less than 36 months in 2014-2016.

V. Investigation situation

First of all, according to the requirements of sampling survey, our team went to Yueyang Yiai Information Technology Co., Ltd. to sample vehicles on the spot. In this survey, 69 vehicles were sampled, including 23 vehicles from Hongle Taxi Company, 23 vehicles from Sanwei Taxi Company and 23 vehicles from Licheng Taxi Company.

Then, according to the requirements of effective sampling vehicles, the sampled vehicles were screened, and 28 eligible effective sampling vehicles were screened out, and the extracted data were summarized.

VI. Findings

Through the screening of the sampled vehicles and the calculation of the summary data, the results of the average sampling survey on the taxi operation in Yueyang city center from 2014 to 2016 are as follows:

1. In 2014, the total mileage, passenger mileage, idle mileage, pricing amount and operating trips of Taiwan were 155,204 km, 107,129 km, 48,075 km, 315,173 yuan and 28,291 trips respectively;

2. In 2015, the total mileage, passenger mileage, empty mileage, pricing amount and operating trips of Taiwan were 133,799 km, 89,996 km, 43,803 km, 263,885 yuan and 23,408 trips respectively;

3. In 2016, the total mileage, passenger mileage, empty mileage, pricing amount and operating trips of Taiwan were 117,145 km, 76,726 km, 40,420 km, 225,712 yuan and 19,874 trips respectively.

Seven, other matters that need to be explained.

1. The data and materials of this sampling survey are provided by Yueyang Road Transportation Management Office, Yueyang Taxi Industry Association and Yueyang Yiai Information Technology Co., Ltd. These units shall be responsible for the authenticity, legality and accuracy of the data and materials provided.

2. The data of this sampling survey only serve the price decision-making of the government price department, and no other unit or individual may disclose or quote the contents of this report.

3. The staff participating in this survey have no interest with the units and individuals under investigation.

Yueyang price cost investigation team

August 2, 2017