China's Didi will offer shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange next year

Chinese company Didi plans to raise billions of dollars through an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in the first half of next year.

According to Reuters, the company is in initial talks with investment banks to arrange the offering, aiming to obtain a valuation of more than sixty billion dollars, according to the sources.

It is reported that Didi is one of the most important Chinese companies specialized in providing passenger services through smart phone applications, and it is supported by SoftBank, Alibaba and Tencent.

It is noteworthy that the SoftBank Group is the largest investor in technology companies specialized in providing delivery services through smart phone applications, most notably the American company Uber and Chinese Didi Chuxing.