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DidiDache and KuaidiDache, two leading domestic taxi apps, join hands with OTA Ctrip to embed their services in the newly launched 5.2 version of Ctrip’s mobile app (report in Chinese). Taxi apps have been under a lot of pressure since Chinese regulators step in to ban the bidding feature this May. To maintain tractions for taxi drivers, they distribute subsidies to divers to make up for losses generated from absence of the bidding feature. Under fierce competition, map and travel apps are favorable choices for taxi apps to attract larger user base. Aside from Ctrip, both DidiDache and KuaidiDache launched cooperation with Baidu Map and Qunar.