(Yicai Global) May 21 -- More than 50,000 damaged and abandoned sharing-bicycles have been recovered in Beijing since May 13, the transport ministry said in a statement. 

As of the end of April, there were nine sharing-bicycle rental enterprises operating in the capital with 1.9 million two-wheelers in circulation. The average monthly usage rate is less than 50 percent. 

Editor: William Clegg