Delivery platform Meituan ramps up care for riders

Company to offer more career paths, opportunities for employees; create new positions

On-demand delivery platform Meituan said it is doubling down on its role as both a job creator and stabilizer, as it ramps up efforts to help power China's booming platform economy and delivery riders amid changing labor dynamics.

The company said it is enhancing support for millions of monthly active riders, while also developing new career paths and contributing to broader job creation through business support programs and initiatives targeting export-oriented firms and university graduates.

Meituan told China Daily that high-frequency riders earned average monthly incomes ranging from 6,650 yuan ($920) to 9,344 yuan last year, with experienced couriers in major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai earning up to 11,547 yuan.