Sharing culture in China is typically symbolized in the phenomena such as sharing bicycles, sharing cars, sharing umbrellas and so on. Recently, these services are getting more and more popular in public places.

If you live in China maybe you already familiar with these sharing service. However, if you are not in china maybe you do not have much idea about it but don’t worry in this article MyStudyChina will introduce you some sharing service in China those are very popular and makes peoples life more convenient.

1. Sharing cars:

You may be familiar with the concept of “car-sharing”, or “car clubs”. Inspired by Uber from the America, China also has its own big car sharing company – Didi Chuxing(滴滴出行), which has developed rapidly last few years and has been a fierce rival, forcing Uber to sell its China operations to the company. 

It reflects that car-sharing service gains enormous popularity in China. They are attractive to Chinese people, for it satisfies people’s need and enables them to rent cars for short periods of time especially when hurrying to some far places. It is very convenient no matter which city you live in China you can all a car any time. Compare to the traditional taxi service sharing car is very cheap, very safe.

2. Sharing bicycles

Besides car-sharing, sharing bicycles is another form of sharing service in China. Sharing bikes gain tremendous popularity recently. At the beggining most of the bike sharing service was originally restricted to school and university campuses, However, after gaining popularity and receiving huge funding it’s become available that you can find bikes nearly every public place and street.More than 20 million daily rides and overall 276 million users ues this sharing service.

3. Sharing power banks

This service is very good for those who often forget to take power bank with them or accidentally find their phones’ battery dead.

To borrow one, you can scan the QR code displayed on the screen of the machine. You can  pay via Wechat or Alipay. The first hour is free of charge, after which the rental is 1RMB per hour and the charge is limited by 10RMB per day.There is no doubt that sharing power banks offer many people convenient service.

4. Sharing umbrellas

For some people who always forget to check the weather, sharing umbrella seems a rather good choice for them. I think there are some common cases among us that we get caught in the rain and stuck for an hour to the bus or subway station untill the rain stop; this service appears to helpful for us. The way of using is similar to sharing power banks – scan the QR code and pay. 

The deposit for each umbrella is 20RMB and is free to use in 15 days, after which it will charge 1RMB half a day. 

Just like sharing power banks, reasonable charges and considerate service are the two advantages of sharing umbrellas.