is by having undercover police pose as passengers and call drivers to pick them up.
Yep. This.
My brother in law bought a vehicle specifically to drive uber when he’s free and it’s delivered in a week, he’s pissed. I warned him this may happen a while ago when he was arranging it, but I can see the Chinese gov’t taking steps already underway by other countries – learning from what works/doesn’t work and how to be most effective, I’d be worried if I was an uber driver. I don’t think it’ll have affect on passengers though, other than possibly being inconvenienced if your driver gets stopped/snatched up/whatever while you’re expecting to be somewhere.