滴滴收购Uber中国一定会获批

作为反垄断监管部门之一，中国商务部表示，需要对滴滴出行收购Uber中国进行审核，但尚未收到相关文件。这多少有些出人意料。

路透社本周二报道，滴滴和Uber中国合并后的价值约为350亿美元（滴滴估值280亿美元，Uber中国估值70亿美元），由此建立的新公司几乎处于垄断地位。商务部称要对此进行审核。

该部发言人表示：“商务部目前尚未收到滴滴和Uber合并的相关文件。”

最让人意外的是，滴滴在本周一发布收购公告前没有同商务部协商。

不过，商务部还是很有可能批准这桩交易。

滴滴在中国市场获得成功，而且经过两年的鏖战击败了Uber中国，原因之一就是它和政府关系密切。中投公司，也就是中国的主权财富基金，是滴滴的支持者。在今年起草专车新政的过程中，滴滴也对政府发起了大规模游说。

出于同样的原因，监管部门阻止Uber向滴滴转让中国业务的可能性很小。商务部此番表态可能是因为双方宣布合并的时间比原计划早了几天，这样的疏漏很快就会得到弥补。

Uber撤出中国，最终受益的是滴滴方面的本地从业者；商务部则一直服务于国家利益。2013年大宗商品生产商嘉能可收购斯特拉塔时，商务部提出的审批条件是必须将秘鲁的一处铜矿拿出来拍卖。该铜矿当时为嘉能可所有，中方则希望将其收入囊中。现在经营这座铜矿的正是一家中国国企。（财富中文网）

译者：Charlie

审校：詹妮

In a somewhat surprising admission, one of China’s anti-trust regulators said it needs to review Uber China’s sale to Didi Chuxing but hadn’t received the paperwork.

China’s commerce ministry—known as Mofcom—said it would review the deal, which values a combined company around $35 billion (Didi is valued at $28 billion; Uber China $7 billion) and would create a company with near monopoly status, Reuters reported today.

“Mofcom has not currently received a merger filing related to the deal between Didi and Uber,” a Mofcom spokesman said.

The biggest surprise is that Didi didn’t consult with Mofcom before the announcement came out yesterday.

Still, Mofcom will probably approve the deal anyway.

One of the reasons attributed to Didi’s success in China, and its defeat of Uber China in a two-year long battle, is the close relationship it enjoy with governments. China Investment Corp., the country’s sovereign wealth fund, backs Didi, and Didi heavily lobbied the government as new ridesharing policies were being drafted this year.

The odds of Uber’s deal to sell its China operations to Didi being held up by the regulator are low because of this same point. The Mofcom flap may have been the result of the Uber deal being announced a couple days earlier than planned—a quickly solved oversight.

Uber’s retreat from China ultimately benefits the local player in Didi, and Mofcomhas previously served China’s interest. In 2013 it would only approve commodity firm Glencore’s acquisition of miner Xstrata if a Peruvian copper mine owned by the company and desired by the Chinese went up for auction. A Chinese state-owned company now runs the mine.